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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
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on February 10, 2012 his campaign website.
Says he banned texting while driving in Austin.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 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
Myra Crownover
Myra Crownover
stated on January 30, 2012 her campaign website.
Says Texas legislators in 2011 increased state spending on education.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 20, 2012
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on January 31, 2012 TV advertisement for MSNBC's "The Last Word."
Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2012
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