Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2018 an audio ad distributed to news organizations:

Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

George P. Bush
stated on February 14, 2018 a mailer pointed out by challenger Jerry Patterson:

Says he’s a "retired U.S. Navy officer."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 16, 2018

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 17, 2018

Robert Chody
stated on December 27, 2017 a tweet:

"Almost half of all vehicles stolen in Texas each year had keys left inside."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2018

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 8, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 3, 2017

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.

By W. Gardner Selby • November 17, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2017

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.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2017

Greg Abbott
stated on February 6, 2017 a tweet:

Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2016

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."

By Fauzeya Rahman • December 7, 2016

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."

By Dylan Baddour • November 23, 2016

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 3, 2016

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