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Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview
"We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
Says Texas has one state inspector for every 4,500 oil and gas wells.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 17, 2010 a press conference.
Says Gov. Rick Perry is "by far and away the highest-paid state employee on an hourly basis."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 12, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 26, 2010 a speech
"I’m running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Texas state Reps. Dan Branch and Jim Pitts, lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus, "are helping Democrat Ellen Cohen against her Republican challenger, doing events with her in her district."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Says state Rep. Jim Keffer, a GOP lieutenant to House Speaker Joe Straus, "did mail pieces for Democrat Mark Strama to help him defeat" a Republican.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Says Republican lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus "aired radio ads supporting Democrat(ic state Rep.) Mark Homer... helping the Democrat to a narrow win."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
"Powerful Houston Democrats Sylvia Garcia (Democrat county commissioner in Harris County) and Elyse Lanie(r) (wife of the former liberal Democrat mayor Bob Lanier) sponsored a Democrat fundraiser for Speaker (Joe) Straus with numerous Democrat officials and high-ranking union officials."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
John Faulk
John Faulk
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is "the most liberal man in the United States Congress."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2010
Libertarian Party of Texas
Libertarian Party of Texas
stated on June 7, 2010 a press release
"The Republican Party lost 1.1 million registered voters since 2008. The Democratic Party lost 1.2 million registered voters… (while) voter registration in the Libertarian Party rose 8 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 9, 2010 a campaign video
Says the Republican "state convention is actually larger than the Republican National Convention."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2010
Thomas Melsheimer
Thomas Melsheimer
stated on June 7, 2010 an op-ed article
"Across the country, more than half of the U.S. attorney seats remain without a prosecutor chosen by Obama."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2010 a speech
"My opponent in November of 2008 sent a missive to the White House, to President Obama-elect, and said, 'Here's how you need to sell cap-and-trade to the American people.' "
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign Web post
Says EPA regulation of greenhouse gases will endanger 575 Texas dairy facilities, 58 swine operations, 1,300 corn farms and 28,000 beef cattle operations.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2010
Tom Mechler
Tom Mechler
stated on May 27, 2010 a press release
"The Democrats have over 20 field agents to our zero."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on May 20, 2010 an e-mail blast.
Says Gov. Rick Perry is "spending Texans’ hard-earned money to live like Louie XIV."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2010
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 14, 2010 an interview.
Says that in three legislative sessions, his proposals opening pre-kindergarten to all Texas 4-year-olds never got heard or voted out of committee.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on May 19, 2010 a Facebook post
"In three days last week, (Gov. Rick) Perry flew to five cities at taxpayers’ expense, holding press conferences, delivering $2,325,000 in checks."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2010
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