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Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on January 11, 2018 a public interview with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune
"Fifty percent of our new" Texas "teachers don’t have college degrees."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 17, 2018
Robert Chody
Robert Chody
stated on December 27, 2017 a tweet
"Almost half of all vehicles stolen in Texas each year had keys left inside."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2018
Ryan Sitton
Ryan Sitton
stated on November 7, 2017 a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 8, 2017
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on November 9, 2017 an email blast
Says that "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 3, 2017
Roger Falk
Roger Falk
stated on November 3, 2017 an oped commentary in the Austin American-Statesman
Says the Austin school district "enjoys the highest per-student funding of all large Texas districts" even after forwarding tax revenue to the state.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 17, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 15, 2017 a video ad posted on his campaign website
"The Texas unemployment rate is now the lowest it’s been in 40 years & Texas led the nation last month in new job creation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2017
Travis Forward
Travis Forward
stated on October 23, 2017 a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions
"The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 1, 2017 a tweet
Says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told players: "Stand for the Anthem or you’re off team."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2017
Evan Smith
Evan Smith
stated on July 10, 2017 as quoted in a story in The New Yorker
"The last majority-Anglo high school class in Texas graduated in 2014."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
Maram Museitif
Maram Museitif
stated on May 24, 2017 as quoted in a Central Health press release
Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2017
Bill Zedler
Bill Zedler
stated on April 25, 2017 his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health
Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2017
Ellen Troxclair
Ellen Troxclair
stated on February 23, 2017 an interview with Austin’s Fox 7 about her proposed affordability plan
"Since 2012," city of Austin "property taxes have gone up almost 30 percent while incomes have only risen 4 percent."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 6, 2017 a tweet
Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2017
Dawn Buckingham
Dawn Buckingham
stated on February 8, 2017 a campaign email blast
"Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 13, 2016 a tweet
Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2016
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 27, 2016 a Facebook post of photo and caption on Miller's fan page
Says actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wore a T-shirt stating: "We Stand for the flag, we kneel for the fallen."
False
By Fauzeya Rahman • December 7, 2016
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a forum at Huston-Tillotson University
Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise."
False
By Dylan Baddour • November 23, 2016
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on October 28, 2016 a commentary posted on Fox News
"Students at the University of Texas in Austin have been advised not to wear cowboy boots or cowboy hats on Halloween."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 3, 2016
Austin Board of Realtors PAC
Austin Board of Realtors PAC
stated on October 29, 2016 a mailer spotted by an Austin voter
Says Gerald Daugherty is endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2016
Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Automobile Dealers Association
stated on September 21, 2016 a tweet
Says that compared to direct sales by manufacturers, consumers "save avg of $500 per car sold through franchised dealer model."
False
By Bobby Cervantes • October 18, 2016
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