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Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on November 11, 2010 a speech at The Heritage Foundation.:
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2010
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on September 7, 2010 a press release:
Says Gov. Rick Perry's administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2010
Art Acevedo
Art Acevedo
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview.:
Texas leads "the country in drunk driving fatalities."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 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 "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
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 4, 2010 a statement:
Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview.:
"Social Security is indeed a Ponzi scheme."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2010
Kathie Glass
Kathie Glass
stated on October 19, 2010 a debate.:
Says over 25 percent of the Texas budget funds services to non-U.S. citizens.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • November 12, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign television ad:
Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 11, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 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 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 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
Chris Gregoire
Chris Gregoire
stated on November 21, 2010 a statement in a Seattle Times article:
Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview:
Says he has a track record of not raising taxes.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 1, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview.:
Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2010
Valinda Bolton
Valinda Bolton
stated on October 29, 2010 a mailer:
"Paul Workman wants to raise the sales tax."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2010
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 17, 2010 a TV ad.:
Patrick Rose "voted to explore a state income tax."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview:
"Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 29, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 27, 2010 a campaign mailer:
"Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education"
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 28, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 13, 2010 a TV ad.:
Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 27, 2010
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