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Latest Fact-Checks By Sue Owen

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 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
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on December 31, 2012 an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman
Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.
True
By Sue Owen • January 15, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 21, 2012 an email sent to PolitiFact Texas
Says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • January 11, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on December 16, 2012 an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’
Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.
False
By Sue Owen • January 3, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on November 29, 2012 remarks to the Dallas Regional Chamber
Says that under Texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.
False
By Sue Owen • January 1, 2013
Larry Kilgore
Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 a New York Times news story
Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.
False
By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012
Texas secession petition
Texas secession petition
stated on November 9, 2012 the White House's "We the People" petition web site
Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
True
By Sue Owen • December 18, 2012
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
stated on November 8, 2012 a Dallas Morning News blog post
Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • December 12, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 19, 2012 a tweet
Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.
True
By Sue Owen • November 28, 2012
Terral Smith
Terral Smith
stated on September 9, 2012 an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman
Says 40 years ago, the U.S. placed Texas under Voting Rights Act for failing to print ballots in Spanish.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 16, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012
Gonzalo Barrientos
Gonzalo Barrientos
stated on October 22, 2012 an opinion article in the Austin American-Statesman
Says 55 percent of council members have come from area where only 10 percent of Austinites live.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 25, 2012
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on May 10, 2012 a mailed campaign flier
Says he "is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at MoPac and William Cannon."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 19, 2012
Karen Huber
Karen Huber
stated on September 17, 2012 an Austin American-Statesman news stor
Says she’s never said "don’t build" Texas 45 Southwest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 12, 2012
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on August 30, 2012 in an opinion column in USA Today
Says black women are "fastest-growing demographic group in ... Texas seeking concealed handgun licenses."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 5, 2012
John Sharp
John Sharp
stated on June 18, 2012 a speech in Austin
Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 25, 2012
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 9, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth
Says Sierra Club sued him to stop oil and gas activity on Texas coast, but "we won" and "the turtles are fine."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 12, 2012
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on August 23, 2012 a political action committee report
Says that like Todd Akin, all Texas Republicans in U.S. House cosponsored a bill "that attempts to distinguish between ‘forcible rape’ and other sexual assaults."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 6, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 keynote address at Democratic National Convention.
Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nation’s top-performing local economy.
True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2012
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