Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2017 an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival
"In 2017, I've done 17 town halls."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on August 10, 2017 a Facebook post
Says "the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck" with Sen. Ted Cruz.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2017
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on August 23, 2017 an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight"
Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2017
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"Austin is the safest big city in Texas."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign kickoff event in Dallas
"I’m one of two members of Congress out of 535 that takes no corporate cash, no political action committee money."
Half-True
By Fauzeya Rahman • July 27, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 28, 2017 a speech to the National Rifle Association
"The first Congress passed a law mandating that every able-bodied man must own a musket."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 19, 2017
Sally Hernandez
Sally Hernandez
stated on April 18, 2017 an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs
"FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 27, 2017 responding to a question about private school vouchers
"Sixty-two percent of all (Texas) property taxes are paid by businesses."    
Half-True
May 5, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign speech
El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst
stated on February 6, 2017 a Texas Capitol press conference
Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2017
Sylvia Garcia
Sylvia Garcia
stated on January 5, 2017 a press release
Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone."
Half-True
By Bobby Cervantes • February 1, 2017
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson
stated on December 10, 2016 a Facebook post
"Social Security is in trouble (it’s going bankrupt by 2034)."
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • January 17, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 5, 2017 remarks to reporters supporting legislation related to bathroom access
"Martin Luther King said our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2017
Sheri Gallo
Sheri Gallo
stated on November 29, 2016 a mailer spotted by an Austin voter
Alison Alter "has exploited a campaign finance loophole to obtain over $64,000 in public dollars to fund her campaign."
Half-True
By Nolan Hicks • December 8, 2016
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 10, 2016 a Facebook post
Texas A&M University - Commerce "offers counseling, safe spaces for students who are afraid of President-elect Trump."
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • November 17, 2016
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on October 17, 2016 his campaign website
Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office."
Half-True
By Rachel Rice • October 24, 2016
Cocks Not Glocks
Cocks Not Glocks
stated on August 24, 2016 a Cocks not Glocks call to protest on Facebook
"You would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class" at the University of Texas.
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • October 7, 2016
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on September 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • September 28, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun
Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2016
Drew Brees
Drew Brees
stated on June 12, 2016 as quoted in an interview with Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman
"Do you know what the second sport with the most concussions is? Women’s soccer… And the third most dangerous sport? Cheerleading."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2016
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