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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Charlie Baird
Charlie Baird
stated on March 1, 2012 a campaign handout.:
"We've had the same leadership in the Travis County DA's office for 30 years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2012
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on March 7, 2012 her column.:
Says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator."
True
By Sue Owen • March 29, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 16, 2012 a Fox News interview.:
Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 2, 2012 a chain email.:
Says a Barack Obama "black imposter" joke got a standing ovation at San Angelo rodeo.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 an op-ed column:
"Nearly 45 percent of the women who receive health screenings through (the Women’s Health Program) do so at a Planned Parenthood health center."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 24, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 an oped column.:
"More than half of the births in Texas are paid for by Medicaid."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 15, 2012 a tweet:
Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 23, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 8, 2012 an email blast.:
Says gas costs $4.50 a gallon.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on March 3, 2012 a quoted comment.:
"In Texas, there are 668 Democratic Hispanic elected officials to the 60 in the Republican Party."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on March 1, 2012 a Travis County Democratic Party candidate forum:
Says there are four super PACs on the Republican side of the Texas U.S. Senate race.
True
By Sue Owen • March 13, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on February 26, 2012 a video advertisement.:
Says opponent Beto O’Rourke "wants to legalize drugs."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 7, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on February 22, 2012 a press release.:
Says Ted Cruz slurred Republican senators including John Cornyn as "graybeards" and "spineless jellyfish."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
"Invested $90 million in traffic fixes without raising taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Arizona:
Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 2, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 a press statement.:
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 18, 2011 a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa:
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 29, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 31, 2012 a chain email.:
A Dallas proof-of-insurance ordinance resulted in area tow lots mostly filling with the cars of illegal residents.
False
By Katie Glueck • February 28, 2012
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on February 8, 2012 a web page post.:
Without U.S. Senate action, Texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 3, 2012 a press release:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz "opposes the DREAM Act, which is supported by 85% of Latinos."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 21, 2012
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