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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Colin Allred
Colin Allred
stated on October 25, 2021 in a TV interview
"You've had over 2 million women drop out of the workforce during this pandemic."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 23, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 8, 2021 a Facebook post
“Close to hundreds” of people died at Astroworld.
False
November 17, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 18, 2021 a TV interview
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 8, 2021 a post
Live Nation scheduled the 50,000-person Astroworld music festival at a venue that has a capacity of 20,000.
False
By Monique Curet • November 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 7, 2021 a Facebook post
The Astroworld concert was a “test run on the vaxxed” because people who are injected with graphene oxide can be controlled through magnetic frequencies, including music.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 a Facebook post
Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 7, 2021 a press conference
The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on September 1, 2021 on social media
Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 4, 2021 an interview
“In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country."
False
By Brandon Mulder • September 3, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 19, 2021 an interview
"Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats."
False
By Brandon Mulder • August 26, 2021
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on August 11, 2021 an OAN broadcast.
Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.”
Half-True
By Jason Asenso • August 17, 2021
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on August 7, 2021 an interview
The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S.
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • August 13, 2021
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on July 29, 2021 a hearing
A quorum-breaking Texas Democrat said in 2007 that mail-in ballot fraud “is the greatest source of voter fraud in this state.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • August 6, 2021
Texas GOP
Texas GOP
stated on July 20, 2021 a fundraiser
“Seventy four thousand... That’s how many mail-in ballots were recently found in Arizona that have NO clear record of being sent in.”
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • July 23, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 13, 2021 an interview
"There is clear legal authority to handcuff and put in leg irons legislators that are trying to stop the legislature from being able to do business."
False
By Brandon Mulder • July 16, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on June 28, 2021 a show
“In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission."
False
By Brandon Mulder • July 9, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 16, 2021 a press conference
“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."
False
By Brandon Mulder • July 2, 2021
Matthew Rosendale
Matthew Rosendale
stated on June 16, 2021 a tweet
The intent behind the bill recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday "is to replace the Fourth of July.”
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • June 25, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2021 Facebook post
A heat wave melted turbine blades at a Texas wind farm.
False
June 21, 2021
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on June 9, 2021 an interview
“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • June 21, 2021
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