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Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on December 1, 2011 an opinion column.
Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a letter to Nancy Pelosi
"A part-time Congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average American family."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 1, 2011
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on November 15, 2011 a statement
On advancing state money for a Formula One race
Full Flop
November 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2011
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper advertisement.
President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 remarks at a campaign stop October 1, 2011, in New Hampshire
"I have sent over $400 million to the border of Mexico in the form of Texas Ranger recon teams."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 a tweet
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a television ad
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 a television ad
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 29, 2011 a campaign video.
President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 10, 2011
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on October 20, 2011 an opinion column.
"The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 25, 2011 an interview.
Says that under his tax plan, "no matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.
True
By Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 5, 2011
H204TEXAS PAC
H204TEXAS PAC
stated on October 24, 2011 an email blast.
Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 3, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 25, 2011 a TV commentary.
Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 2, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.
Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.
Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate.
Says Rick Perry wrote a newspaper item saying he was "open to amnesty" for illegal immigrants in the United States.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 26, 2011 a press release.
Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 27, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 26, 2011 a television ad
"In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 26, 2011
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