Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Ellen Troxclair
stated on April 10, 2016 a voter forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Austin Area

Statistics show "you are about nine times more likely to be assaulted by a taxi driver" in Austin than a driver for a ride-hailing service.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2016

Committee to Restore America's Greatness
stated on April 6, 2016 a web post

Says there were over 600 reports of Texas votes for Donald Trump in the state’s 2016 Republican primary virtually all getting tallied for Marco Rubio.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2016

Sid Miller
stated on March 22, 2016 a Facebook post

Says Barack Obama was happily photographed holding a T-shirt with revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s face on it.

By Fauzeya Rahman • March 25, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 responding to reporters

"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016

Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 a TV ad

Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on January 8, 2016 a 90-page manifesto decrying federal overreach

"While states used to have regulatory power over fishing, federal law now regulates down to the tenth of the inch the minimum size of fish that anglers can keep."

By Dylan Baddour • February 10, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 21, 2016 a New Hampshire appearance

"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2015 a rally in Beaumont, Texas

President Barack Obama "wants to take in 250,000 (people) from Syria."

By Fauzeya Rahman • December 1, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on October 19, 2015 an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News

Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2015

Jason Villalba
stated on October 13, 2015 a tweet

"Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. … Nazis were Democratic Socialists."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on September 3, 2015 an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard

"100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 6, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 28, 2015 an episode of The Rush Limbaugh Show

Austin is "effectively" imposing "a ban on barbecue restaurants."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 4, 2015

Gary Painter
stated on May 10, 2015 as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story

"We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2015 a meme on a Facebook page

Says Ted Cruz said: "While there may have been an age difference, Josh Duggar’s transgressions are far less an affront to God than what gays do to each other."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2015

Garnet Coleman
stated on May 6, 2015 a committee hearing

"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2015 an online meme

Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2015 an online meme

Says Ted Cruz just flip-flopped about the president needing to be U.S.-born.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 27, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on February 25, 2015 an interview on KLBJ AM in Austin

Texas this fiscal year will "have more money in reserve than the other 49 states combined."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2015 a meme supposedly quoting Sheila Jackson Lee

Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.’

By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2015

Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 a telephone interview with CNN

A Texas law says "that you can’t shoot bears out of the second floor of a window."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

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