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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Austinites for Geographic Representation
Austinites for Geographic Representation
stated on July 8, 2012 a handout.:
"Austin is the largest city in the U.S. or Texas with no geographic representation" on its city council.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2012
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on August 12, 2012 a Twitter post.:
Says Mitt Romney said at a January 2012 debate that under Paul Ryan’s tax plan, "I’d have paid no taxes in the last two years."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2012
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on August 1, 2012 in her New York Times column:
Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching "critical thinking" in public schools.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 11, 2012
Francisco
Francisco "Quico" Canseco
stated on July 31, 2012 an email blast:
Says the "largest tax increase in American history is set to occur on January 1st unless President Obama and Congress can come to an agreement."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 27, 2012 her speech at a rally for Ted Cruz in The Woodlands:
Says 1 in 7 American families is on food stamps.
True
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nation’s top-performing local economy.
True
By Sue Owen • August 1, 2012
Wes Riddle
Wes Riddle
stated on May 16, 2012 a Facebook post:
Says U.S. is giving seven Alaskan islands to Russia.
False
By Sue Owen • July 27, 2012
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on July 19, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says Donna Campbell is pushing a 35 percent sales tax extending to medicine, groceries and real estate.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2012
Texans for Accountable Government
Texans for Accountable Government
stated on July 26, 2012 an email blast.:
Says PolitiFact "validated and independently documented" its "criminal history" claims about Adan Ballesteros.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 17, 2012 a Republican US Senate debate.:
Says he has seen Border Patrol signs near the Mexico border in English, Spanish and Chinese.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 23, 2012 a Republican U.S. Senate debate in Houston:
Says David Dewhurst "explicitly advocated" a guest worker program for all illegal immigrants.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2012
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 15, 2012 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
Adan Ballesteros
Adan Ballesteros
stated on July 14, 2012 a political flier:
Says Michael Cargill was "arrested and incarcerated in Bell County."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 24, 2012
Daniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez
stated on May 30, 2012 an email to PolitiFact Texas.:
Says no city comparable in size to Austin or smaller was broken into as many congressional districts.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on June 26, 2012 a debate of Democratic primary runoff candidates for U.S. Senate in Dallas:
Says federal debt "doubled during the Bush administration."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 19, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 12, 2012 a radio ad.:
Every "major newspaper in Texas calls" David Dewhurst "a moderate."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a speech in San Antonio.:
Mitt Romney "says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 9, 2012 his keynote address at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
Says if labor force participation rate were the same as when Barack Obama became president, unemployment would be 11 percent.
True
By Sue Owen • July 17, 2012
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 2, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says the federal government is spending $765,828 to subsidize "pancakes for yuppies" in Washington.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on July 10, 2012 a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.:
Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
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