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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Perry

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 22, 2011 in a speech:
Says there have been 50 million abortions since Roe v. Wade was decided.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 18, 2011 in his inauguration address:
Says the first word spoken from the moon was "Houston."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 18, 2011 in his inaugural address.:
Says he’s the first Aggie governor of Texas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 19, 2010 in an interview:
Says the state's Medicaid waiver proposal "has languished in a file cabinet at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for more than two years."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 6, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 in an interview.:
"In 1981, Matagorda, Brazoria, and Galveston Counties all opted out of the Social Security program for their employees. Today, their program is very, very well-funded and there is no question about whether it’s going to be funded in" years to come.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 29, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 3, 2010 in an interview:
Says federal health care overhaul will cost Texas state government "upwards of $30 billion over the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 12, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 in on an episode of Fox & Friends:
"Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview.:
"Social Security is indeed a Ponzi scheme."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on The Daily Show:
"I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in a book.:
Says Washington's reach extends to "even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 8, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview:
Says he has a track record of not raising taxes.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 1, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 13, 2010 in an ad:
"More Texans have new jobs today than the entire population of Fort Worth."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 15, 2010 in a television ad:
"Houston suffered $1.7 billion in operating losses under Mayor Bill White."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2010 in a TV ad:
"We've created more than 850,000 jobs, more than all the other states combined."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 23, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2010 in a press release:
Says Bill White "didn't pay taxes while earning $133,600 annual salary as deputy secretary of energy."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 21, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2010 in a press release:
Says Bill White is refusing to debate.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 22, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 19, 2010 in a Perry website:
Says Bill White "profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 9, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview:
Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 5, 2010
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