Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 29, 2016 a press release
"Texans pay the sixth-highest property tax in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 1, 2016
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on September 19, 2016 a commentary in the Austin American-Statesman
"Thirty-one percent of school districts are still receiving less funding per pupil than they did prior to the dramatic budget cuts of 2011."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2016
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on July 26, 2016 a tweet announcing new display signage at airports and Houston's City Hall
"Welcome to #Houston, the most #diverse city in #America."
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By Fauzeya Rahman • September 23, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 a tweet
"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group
Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Baker Harrell
Baker Harrell
stated on August 15, 2016 an interview with the Texas Tribune
"Seventy percent of all Texans are overweight or obese."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2016 Dallas fundraiser
The U.S. has to go to "plane graveyards" and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.
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By Filipa Ioannou • July 23, 2016
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 19, 2016 a press release in response to a lawsuit
Harris County, Texas has "some of the highest jailing and incarceration rates in the U.S. and the world."  
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By Fauzeya Rahman • July 8, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on June 6, 2016 a tweet
"@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."
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By Filipa Ioannou • June 17, 2016
Bill McRaven
Bill McRaven
stated on January 21, 2016 addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
University of Texas undergraduate student debt "is less than $21,000… probably one of the lowest debts across the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 12, 2016
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 10, 2016 a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader
"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."
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By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016
Tom
Tom "Smitty" Smith
stated on April 14, 2016 a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman
"Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016
Tim Finchem
Tim Finchem
stated on March 27, 2016 a sports column by Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman
"Austin’s the fastest-growing city in the country the last five years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2016
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on February 26, 2016 a campaign mailer
"Texas has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Iran."
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By Emma Hinchliffe • March 23, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2016 a Democratic National Committee reception
Illegal "immigration is lower than it’s been in 40 years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016
Huey Rey Fischer
Huey Rey Fischer
stated on February 8, 2016 a press release
"There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016
Jeff Judson
Jeff Judson
stated on December 15, 2015 Conservatives in Action blog post
Texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.
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By Filipa Ioannou • January 22, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 15, 2015 an interview by actress Lena Dunham
"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."
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By Emma Hinchliffe • January 2, 2016
Uber
Uber
stated on November 7, 2015 a web post
"Recent news reports indicate DWI crashes in Austin dropped 23 percent since ridesharing entered the market."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
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