Fact Check Posts – Page 6

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stated on October 13, 2020 a Facebook post

“Your ballot could be disqualified if it is written on” in Haltom City, Tex.

October 13, 2020

William Barr
stated on September 2, 2020 a CNN interview

“We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”

September 22, 2020

George P. Bush
stated on August 13, 2020 a tweet

Says a video shared to his social media shows vehicles with broken windows in a parking garage used by state agencies in Texas on “the same night the City of Austin voted to cut $150 million” from the police department.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 24, 2020

Gene Wu
stated on August 7, 2020 an interview

Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 14, 2020

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stated on July 27, 2020 a Facebook post

“Hurricane ‘Hanna’ hitting Texas has blown over part of a border wall.”

July 29, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 26, 2020 a Facebook post

“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”

By Chris Nichols • July 15, 2020

John Cornyn
stated on July 9, 2020 an interview

Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • July 10, 2020

Ken Zarifis
stated on July 8, 2020 a press conference

Says Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is requiring teachers to return to classrooms while “he has closed his offices at TEA through January.”

By Lara Korte • July 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post

Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”

By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020

John Cornyn
stated on March 18, 2020 a press conference

“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2020

Ron Paul
stated on March 16, 2020 an opinion article

Says Anthony Fauci’s statement that the coronavirus death rate is 10 times that of the seasonal flu is “a claim without any scientific basis."

March 18, 2020

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stated on March 2, 2020 a Facebook post

Says two patients at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, “are being looked at” for possible coronavirus infections.

March 3, 2020

Ted Cruz
stated on February 24, 2020 a speech

Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 27, 2020

Greg Abbott
stated on January 7, 2020 a press gaggle

The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate."

By Madlin Mekelburg • January 24, 2020

Gene Wu
stated on December 31, 2019 a tweet

"About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years."

By Madlin Mekelburg • January 10, 2020

Chris Salcedo
stated on December 5, 2019 a radio interview

Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.

By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019

Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2019 a TV interview

"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."

By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019

Sid Miller
stated on November 29, 2019 a Facebook post

Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.

By Madlin Mekelburg • December 3, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet

"Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."

By Madlin Mekelburg • November 21, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on September 13, 2019

"Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record."

By Madlin Mekelburg • September 18, 2019

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