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Latest Fact-Checks By Madlin Mekelburg

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stated on April 24, 2019 in a tweet
Says one year ago, "no cities in the South had guaranteed paid sick days."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 3, 2019
Bennett Sandlin
Bennett Sandlin
stated on April 22, 2019 a news conference
Says 74% of people in Texas are "crammed into 4% of the land." 
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 26, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2019 a press conference
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 23, 2019
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on April 16, 2019 the Texas House
"There have been zero reported instances of any child born alive after an abortion in Texas."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 18, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2019
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 16, 2019
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on April 2, 2019 a resolution
"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 8, 2019
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on April 1, 2019 the Texas Senate
Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 5, 2019
John Bucy III
John Bucy III
stated on March 27, 2019 the Texas House
"Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 29, 2019
Bob Hall
Bob Hall
stated on March 25, 2019 the Texas Senate
"We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I've read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2019
John Carter
John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 a speech
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Children at Risk
Children at Risk
stated on March 19, 2019 a press conference
"Right now, only 11 percent of the 15,000 child care providers in Texas are certified as meeting quality standards."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
X posts
X posts
stated on March 18, 2019 a tweet
Says Beto O'Rourke "gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 20, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 a TV ad
Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 4, 2019 a press conference
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2019
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on February 27, 2019 a hearing for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
"We amass about $100 million in debt per hour, which means we've blown through 300, 400, 450 million dollars during this charade."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 28, 2019
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 a news conference
"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019
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