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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2022 a press release:
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • May 13, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on April 29, 2022 a tweet:
"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 9, 2022
Tim Westley
Tim Westley
stated on March 30, 2022 an interview:
"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • April 25, 2022
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
stated on March 29, 2022 a news release:
“Cities in notoriously ‘tough on crime’ states like Texas and Florida saw a more significant increase in violent crime than cities in NYS.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 16, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 4, 2022 a post:
Schools are putting litter boxes in bathrooms to accommodate kids who identify as furries.
Pants on Fire!
By Monique Curet • April 8, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 3, 2022 a press conference:
"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • April 4, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 22, 2022 a Senate judiciary committee hearing:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • March 24, 2022
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Charlie Kirk Show
stated on March 13, 2022 a video:
"Beto O'Rourke's Plan to Take 'Trans' Children from Parents."
False
By Monique Curet • March 16, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 16, 2022 a committee meeting:
"In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 28, 2022
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 12, 2022 an ad:
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2022 a tweet:
"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 21, 2022
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on February 1, 2022 a tweet:
Pfizer is "literally using the force of government and the culture of fear to jab children under 5 — with zero basis in science — to make billions of dollars."
Pants on Fire!
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 15, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on February 1, 2022 a post:
"Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein Kampf."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2022
Troy Nehls
Troy Nehls
stated on February 9, 2022 an ad:
"In Joe Biden’s America, your children are more likely to have access to a crack pipe than a mask-free education."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2022
Greg Casar
Greg Casar
stated on February 8, 2022 an ad:
“Greg Casar passed paid sick leave."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2022
Mauro Garza
Mauro Garza
stated on January 24, 2022 an ad:
“They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2022
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on January 31, 2022 an interview on CNN:
“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2022 a Facebook post:
A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 3, 2022
Ronny Jackson
Ronny Jackson
stated on January 16, 2022 a tweet:
"In 2022, illegal immigrants will have MORE FREEDOMS and easier access to healthcare and ballot boxes than most Americans... Just think about that."
Pants on Fire!
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 31, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 a rally:
"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 28, 2022
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