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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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stated on May 30, 2021 a Twitter post
“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”
Mostly False
June 18, 2021
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Viral image
stated on June 15, 2021 an Instagram post
“Austin mass shooter still at large, but media won’t provide description because he’s Black.”
False
June 18, 2021
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on June 3, 2021 an interview
Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. “Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) ‘Oh, let’s reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.”
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • June 11, 2021
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on May 10, 2021 campaign material
"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”
Mostly True
By Brandon Mulder • June 4, 2021
Lauren Boebert
Lauren Boebert
stated on May 19, 2021 an interview
“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • May 25, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 18, 2021 an interview
“We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • May 21, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 11, 2021 a meeting
The voting rights bill “would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.”
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • May 14, 2021
Institute for Energy Research
Institute for Energy Research
stated on April 16, 2021 an article
“Conventional generators are very thin right now because Texas has gone to so many renewables.”
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • May 10, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2021 a press conference
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”
False
By Brandon Mulder, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 6, 2021 a press conference
“Statistics show that more people of color don't have cars than not. So how do (drive-thru voting centers) help those folks?"
False
By Brandon Mulder • April 23, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 11, 2021 an interview
Texas “could be very close to herd immunity.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • April 19, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 6, 2021 a press conference
“Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed."
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • April 9, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 30, 2021 a tweet
“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • April 6, 2021
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 an interview
"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • March 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2021 a Facebook post
"Ted Cruz says owning a gun should be as hassle free as owning a car, which as I recall requires a license and registration."
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 29, 2021
Allen West
Allen West
stated on February 19, 2021 a Facebook post
"Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."
False
By Taylor Goldenstein • March 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2021 a Facebook post
“Texas has launched ‘Operation Lone Star’ to finish the border wall themselves.”
False
March 23, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 3, 2021 a tweet
“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • March 11, 2021
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 9, 2021 a State of the State Address
“California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 10, 2021
Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer
stated on February 26, 2021 testimony
“Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • March 5, 2021
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