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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 25, 2010 an editorial board meeting with the Austin American-Statesman
"We spend more money on health care per capita in the United States than any other country in the world. Of the 30 developed countries in the world, we spend 2 1/2 times more than the average. Of the country that spends the second most per capita, Switzerland, we spend 175 percent more."
Half-True
August 31, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 14, 2010 a speech
Says most of Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on August 24, 2010 a newspaper ad
Gov. Rick Perry "has overseen the highest Texas unemployment in 22 years."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 28, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2010 a press release
"Taxpayer money will provide iPod Touch devices to high school students in Utah, BlackBerry smart phones to smokers who kick the habit and funding for a study of exotic ants in East Africa."
Mostly True
August 24, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2010 a press release
Says Bill White is refusing to debate.
Pants on Fire!
August 22, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech
Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.
True
August 21, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 an East Texas campaign stop.
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on July 28, 2010 a U.S. House floor speech
"Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech at the University of Texas at Austin
"The unemployment rate for folks who've never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have."
True
August 17, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 1, 2010 a floor speech
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers."
False
August 15, 2010
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
stated on August 9, 2010 a campaign flier
Ken Mercer "wants Sean Hannity and James Dobson included in social studies texts."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 14, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on July 15, 2010 a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.
Says Democrat Hank Gilbert "has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 a TV interview.
"The state budget has gone up over 80 percent under Rick Perry."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 12, 2010
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 9, 2010 a conference call with reporters.
Says the United States is the only nation that affords citizenship to anyone born here, "whether you are here legally or illegally."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 19, 2010 a Perry website
Says Bill White "profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 9, 2010
Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
stated on July 30, 2010 a speech in the U.S. House
"Over the time that President Obama has been in office, we have lost 2.5 million free enterprise system jobs, and, yet, 500,000 federal government jobs have been added."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 28, 2010 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
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on July 19, 2010 a message on Twitter
Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.
Mostly True
August 2, 2010
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