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Steve Leslie
Steve Leslie
stated on October 29, 2013 remarks at an Austin town hall about the Dell Medical School:
The University of Texas is starting "the first medical school at a major Tier One" university "in the last 50 years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 8, 2013
Sid Covington
Sid Covington
stated on October 28, 2013 an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board:
A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2013
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on October 24, 2013 an email blast:
"Texas Governor Rick Perry’s voter ID law is a blatant effort to defeat Wendy Davis by disenfranchising tens of thousands of women voters."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2013
Daniel Llanes
Daniel Llanes
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion column:
"78702 is the second-most gentrified ZIP code in the entire country."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2013
Independent Texans
Independent Texans
stated on September 3, 2013 a white paper on Proposition 6:
$6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 29, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 18, 2013 a Facebook page:
Wendy Davis is "threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2013
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on October 3, 2013 an audio recording described as a radio ad:
"Wendy Davis opposes any limits on abortion."
False
By Sue Owen • October 22, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview on YNN’s “Capital Tonight”:
40,000 veterans in Texas won’t get health care because Perry rejected Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 17, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law:
"Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.’"
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 an interview as quoted in a news story:
The federal government "has $3 trillion in cash flow, so we can pay our bills" and won’t default.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on October 14, 2013 an interview with the Texas Observer:
The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 as quoted in a newspaper article:
A congressional laundry closed due to the partial government shutdown.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2013
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 her oped column:
Louie Gohmert of Texas "compared the current general-in-charge in Egypt to George Washington."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 her opinion column:
Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'"
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 7, 2013 a video advertisement, "Fight":
I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 Senate floor speech on the Obamacare law:
"Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2013
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on October 29, 2013 an interview on a Lubbock radio station:
Says David Dewhurst "went out for drinks" during Senate debate on abortion bill.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
Anita Perry
Anita Perry
stated on September 28, 2013 an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival:
Only "four countries in the world… allow abortions after 20 weeks" of pregnancy.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2013
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on September 21, 2013 a flier mailed to constituents:
"In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 1, 2013
League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund
League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund
stated on September 23, 2013 a press release:
"Photo ID is not required for those who vote by mail."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 1, 2013
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