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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2010 an interview
Says an estimate that Texas will face an $18 billion budget gap is "a number that somebody just reached up in the air and grabbed."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 10, 2010
Rick Perry
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.' "
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on May 17, 2010 an e-mail
"Rick Perry attempted to fast-track unnecessary coal-fired power plants, which degrade air quality and would cost billions. Fortunately, a court stopped him."
Mostly True
June 7, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign Web post
Says EPA regulation of greenhouse gases will endanger 575 Texas dairy facilities, 58 swine operations, 1,300 corn farms and 28,000 beef cattle operations.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2010
Tom Mechler
Tom Mechler
stated on May 27, 2010 a press release
"The Democrats have over 20 field agents to our zero."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2010
Kathy Miller
Kathy Miller
stated on May 18, 2010 an op-ed article
"A Houston school district analysis found that the (State Board of Education) more than quadrupled the number of historical figures students must learn about."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 3, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on June 21, 2010 a fundraising letter
"ObamaCare will use your tax dollars to provide free Viagra to convicted rapists and registered sex offenders."
Half-True
June 2, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with the Fox News Network
Mexican government officials "hand out brochures showing individuals how they can avoid our Border Patrol, how they can get into our country."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 30, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2010 on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Arizona immigration law "expressly bans racial profiling."
Half-True
May 29, 2010
Empower Texans
Empower Texans
stated on May 14, 2010 a Web video
"There are 321,092 public school teachers in Texas. And there are 313,850 non-teachers in our public schools."
Mostly True
May 28, 2010
Boyd Richie
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."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2010
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 14, 2010 an interview.
Says that in three legislative sessions, his proposals opening pre-kindergarten to all Texas 4-year-olds never got heard or voted out of committee.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2010
Robert Koons
Robert Koons
stated on May 18, 2010 an opinion piece published in the Austin American-Statesman
"In the history department at the University of Texas, out of 50 registered voters, only one is a Republican."
False
May 23, 2010
Bill White
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."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 12, 2010 an interview
"You’ve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. That’s nuts."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on April 15, 2010 a Tea Party rally in El Paso
On the National Animal Identification System.
Half Flip
May 20, 2010
Lainey Melnick
Lainey Melnick
stated on April 23, 2010 an e-mail blast
Says U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith supported the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in 2008, "but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 19, 2010
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on April 29, 2010 an e-mail blast.
Says state's expected "increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the African American and Hispanic populations in Texas in virtually every region of the state."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 a Web video
"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 a Web ad
"The city of Houston now has more debt per capita than California."
Half-True
May 14, 2010
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