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Latest Fact-Checks On Greg Abbott

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
"The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes."      
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 10, 2014 in an email blast:
"The growth rate of women-owned businesses in Texas has nearly doubled that of the nation since President Obama has taken office."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview on Fox News.:
"We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 26, 2014 in a billboard message:
"Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 6, 2014 in a press release:
Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor:
"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."
True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 12, 2013 in as quoted during a school visit:
Says 85 percent of IDEA charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 4, 2013 in as quoted in an Associated Press news story:
In "reality," there have "been no problems whatsoever" with the Texas voter ID law.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 19, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 in a donation web page:
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 18, 2013 in a Facebook page:
Wendy Davis is "threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 27, 2013 in remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin:
Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.
True
By Sue Owen • May 10, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 12, 2013 in a Twitter post.:
Says the "last non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America concluded that #VoterID was necessary."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 in a tweet:
Says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.
True
By Sue Owen • January 30, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview with Fox News.:
Says Texas proved in court that more than 200 dead people voted in the latest Texas election.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2012
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 12, 2012 in a press release:
Says his Texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • April 17, 2012
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 in a tweet:
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 14, 2011 in a press release:
There have been "at least four incidents where bullets from Mexico have crossed the border."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 13, 2010 in a campaign television ad:
Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 11, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News:
"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview:
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010
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