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Van Taylor
Van Taylor
stated on March 25, 2015 a press release
I "helped pass what, if enacted, would be the largest tax cut in Texas history through the State Senate."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 5, 2015
Sabino
Sabino "Pio" Renteria
stated on April 10, 2015 a cover story in the Austin Chronicle
"Fifteen years ago, you couldn't even get a pizza delivered in that neighborhood."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 24, 2015
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on March 10, 2015 a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune
"We have towns in West Texas that are out of water, that are having to truck in water."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015
"Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 11, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 13, 2015
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on November 19, 2014 a TWC News debate
"The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • December 11, 2014
Lynda Rife
Lynda Rife
stated on November 4, 2014 as quoted in a news story
110 people a day move to Austin.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 a TV ad, "Better Schools"
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole
stated on October 15, 2014 a "Ballot Boxing" candidate forum
"This year," the Austin City Council "granted a small homestead" property tax "exemption of $5,000... applied equally to everyone. And we also granted an exemption for the elderly and the disabled members of the community."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate
The state-hired company that evaluates state-mandated student exams "goes on Craigslist to get examiners to read our students’ essays."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
A 2011 measure passed into law with Wendy Davis’ support "removes from the attorney general the ability to settle lawsuits just like" the school funding case.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 30, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 15, 2014 a TV ad
Greg Abbott did "nothing" to pursue reports of the sexual abuse of boys at a West Texas state-run school.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 16, 2014
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on September 8, 2014 an opinion column
In Texas public schools, "we spend an average of $12,000 per pupil per year."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2014
Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam
stated on August 22, 2014 telephone press conference
"Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 16, 2014
Says drug cartels are using social media to offer rebates so more children from Central America get smuggled to the United States.
Mostly False
By Nicole Chavez, W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 8, 2014 speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth
Congress is "on a five-week vacation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 26, 2014 a billboard message
"Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 6, 2014 a report
The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2014
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on April 11, 2014 a tweet and chart
"Wendy Davis has already taken more $ from teacher unions than the past 3 Democrat gubernatorial candidates combined."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 an online post
"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
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