Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 an interview.

Says Travis County, home to Austin, is the most liberal county in the United States.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 16, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on January 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC

"The last Christians are about to leave" Iraq.

February 7, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on December 19, 2010 an interview

Says the state's Medicaid waiver proposal "has languished in a file cabinet at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for more than two years."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 6, 2011

Donna Garner
stated on December 9, 2010 a newsletter

Says Joe Straus "was co-author of a bill that would have allowed Planned Parenthood to control public school sex education."

December 13, 2010

Kathie Glass
stated on October 19, 2010 a debate.

Says over 25 percent of the Texas budget funds services to non-U.S. citizens.

By W. Gardner Selby • November 12, 2010

Jason Isaac
stated on October 17, 2010 a TV ad.

Patrick Rose "voted to explore a state income tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2010

Kathie Glass
stated on October 19, 2010 a debate.

Says Rick Perry recently said he "wanted another (Texas) business tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 23, 2010

Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 a chain e-mail.

Says Texas voters are being asked to act this November on a proposed constitutional amendment affecting property taxes.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2010

Lone Star First
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad

Rick Perry thinks "injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parent's consent, is a good idea."

October 1, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2010 a press release

Says Bill White is refusing to debate.

August 22, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview

"We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2010

Bill White
stated on June 17, 2010 a press conference.

Says Gov. Rick Perry is "by far and away the highest-paid state employee on an hourly basis."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 12, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2010 a speech

"My opponent in November of 2008 sent a missive to the White House, to President Obama-elect, and said, 'Here's how you need to sell cap-and-trade to the American people.' "

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2010

Boyd Richie
stated on May 20, 2010 an e-mail blast.

Says Gov. Rick Perry is "spending Texans’ hard-earned money to live like Louie XIV."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2010

Bill White
stated on May 19, 2010 a Facebook post

"In three days last week, (Gov. Rick) Perry flew to five cities at taxpayers’ expense, holding press conferences, delivering $2,325,000 in checks."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2010

John Carter
stated on April 12, 2010 a Twitter message

Says the new health care law delivers a "$13 billion tax increase on families with special needs."

April 19, 2010

Bill White
stated on March 9, 2010 a public interview

Says Republican state leaders are using "Soviet-style" budget management.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2010

Silvestre Reyes
stated on March 11, 2010 an e-mail blast

"An audit of the last census found that over 370,000 people living in Texas were not counted, and our state lost an estimated $1 billion in federal funds as a result."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 6, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on April 2, 2010 a column

"The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 5, 2010

John Carter
stated on March 21, 2010 a press release

"The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…"

By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2010

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