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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 17, 2010 in a letter to President Barack Obama
"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."
Mostly False
March 28, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 21, 2010 a press release
The federal health care plan "costs Texas taxpayers $2.4 billion per year."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 27, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on March 10, 2010 a Twitter post
"War for the soul of the TxDems: 57% of Dem incumbents for Tx House LOST their primary."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 25, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 17, 2010 an e-mail
"Last week the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), led by Rick Perry's appointee, voted to remove Thomas Jefferson from social studies textbook standards. That's right. Thomas Jefferson... was deleted from a list of historical figures who inspired political change."
Half-True
March 24, 2010
Barbara Cargill
Barbara Cargill
stated on March 11, 2010 a State Board of Education meeting
"The Federal Reserve system has presided over about a 95... percent decline in the U.S. dollar."
Mostly False
March 22, 2010
Annise Parker
Annise Parker
stated on March 10, 2010 a newspaper article
"For years now, we have spent more money than we have taken in."
Half-True
March 21, 2010
Pat Carlson
Pat Carlson
stated on March 11, 2010 an e-mail
"In Texas, schools do not even have to teach sex education."
True
March 20, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 his autobiography
"Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 his autobiography
"Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected state treasurer, succeeding Ann Richards. Democrats then abolished the position ... Hutchison later became a U.S. senator."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web post
My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on March 12, 2010 an e-mail blast
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that the Democrats have to pass their terrible health care bill so that the American people can actually find out what's in it."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2010
Linda Curtis
Linda Curtis
stated on March 4, 2010 a Web post
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's "concession speech came with less than 20 percent of the precincts having been counted."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter
"Bill White ... supports the ‘ObamaCare’ socialized medicine plan, as well as ‘Cap and Trade’ legislation that would kill thousands of Texas jobs."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter
"Bill White ...offered sanctuary to illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter
"Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on March 10, 2010 an episode of Fox & Friends
Says the Texas State Board of Education is considering eliminating references to Christmas and the Constitution in textbooks.
Pants on Fire!
March 12, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 3, 2010 a recorded phone message
"Individuals and small businesses will be hit by increases in health insurance premiums as high as 39 percent."
Mostly True
March 11, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on March 1, 2010 a press release
"Todd Staples recently tried to woo his supporters and right-wing base by suggesting the Agriculture Commission cut programs intended to feed the elderly and disabled, many of whom are veterans."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 9, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 3, 2010 a Web ad
Texas is the "fastest growing state" with the "most Fortune 500 companies."
Half-True
March 8, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech
"There's almost 1 million Texans who are unemployed and that's an all-time record number in our state."
True
March 7, 2010
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