Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Greg Abbott
stated on May 7, 2017 a statement before signing Senate Bill 4 into law over a Facebook Live

Says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez "declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 18, 2017

Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2017 a web post on ihavethetruth.com

A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017

Resistance Report
stated on March 2, 2017 a website posting

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall."

March 7, 2017

Dan Forest
stated on February 14, 2017 a written statement

"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."

By Will Doran • February 17, 2017

Travis Allen
stated on December 29, 2016 in an op-ed

"Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California."

By Chris Nichols • January 4, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2016 a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin

"It’s possible that non-citizen voters were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina."

By Will Doran • October 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 29, 2016 a tweet

"Inner-city crime is reaching record levels."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a campaign rally in Cleveland

Says Ted Cruz "never denied" his father was photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald.

By Dylan Baddour • July 22, 2016

Viral image
stated on July 6, 2016 a posting on Twitter

Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2016 a speech after several primaries concluded

"Crime is rising."

By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 a speech to the National Rifle Association

It "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released."

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2016

Ellen Troxclair
stated on April 10, 2016 a voter forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Austin Area

Statistics show "you are about nine times more likely to be assaulted by a taxi driver" in Austin than a driver for a ride-hailing service.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 responding to reporters

"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 22, 2015 a tweet

Says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.

By Jon Greenberg • November 23, 2015

Peter Kinder
stated on November 12, 2015 in comments on Breitbart

"This incident of supposed feces depicting a swastika on the wall of a bathrooms in one of the halls ... has been supported by zero fact."

By Allison Graves, Katherine Knott • November 22, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on September 3, 2015 an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard

"100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 6, 2015

Viral image
stated on September 25, 2015 a viral Internet post

Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world."

By Katie Sanders • September 30, 2015

Garnet Coleman
stated on May 6, 2015 a committee hearing

"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2015

Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 21, 2014 an interview on Fox News

Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."

By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2014

Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview for a news story

Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014

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