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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 18, 2020 a tweet:
Says Texas has “lower taxes and less regulations than anywhere else in the U.S.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • October 23, 2020
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on October 14, 2020 a tweet:
Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 14, 2020
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Viral image
stated on October 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Your ballot could be disqualified if it is written on” in Haltom City, Tex.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 13, 2020
William Barr
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.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 22, 2020
George P. Bush
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.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 24, 2020
Gene Wu
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.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 14, 2020
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Viral image
stated on July 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Hurricane ‘Hanna’ hitting Texas has blown over part of a border wall.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”
False
By Chris Nichols • July 15, 2020
John Cornyn
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.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • July 10, 2020
Ken Zarifis
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.”
False
By Lara Korte • July 10, 2020
Facebook posts
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.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
John Cornyn
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.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2020
Ron Paul
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."
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020
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Viral image
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.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 3, 2020
Ted Cruz
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.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 27, 2020
Greg Abbott
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."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 24, 2020
Gene Wu
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."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 10, 2020
Chris Salcedo
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.
False
By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2019 a TV interview:
"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 29, 2019 a Facebook post:
Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 3, 2019
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