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Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2016 responding to an audience member's question at the Texas Tribune Festival.
Hillary Clinton "supports unlimited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, including partial-birth abortion, with taxpayer funding."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2016
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on October 4, 2016 a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas
Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016
Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn
stated on September 13, 2016 a letter to state health officials
"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 29, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 a tweet
"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 8, 2016 Senate floor remarks
"If Congress fails to act, the Obama administration intends to give away control of the internet to an international body akin to the United Nations."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2016
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats
Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump
Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
James Woods
James Woods
stated on August 27, 2016 a tweet
"The Dallas Cowboys can’t put a sticker on their helmets for the 5 police officers who were killed."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2016 x
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
True
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin
"All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
Lisa Moore
Lisa Moore
stated on August 7, 2016 an interview for NPR's "All Things Considered"
Says there are "concrete examples" of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.
True
By Eleanor Dearman, W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 19, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention
"One third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 25, 2016
Celia Israel
Celia Israel
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats
Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" caps are "made in China."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group
Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 comments at Texas Democratic Party convention
"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Baker Harrell
Baker Harrell
stated on August 15, 2016 an interview with the Texas Tribune
"Seventy percent of all Texans are overweight or obese."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on July 9, 2016 as quoted in a commentary by Ken Herman of the Austin American-Statesman
Says that since lawmakers acted, "we have 130 new businesses across Texas doing helicopter hog hunts."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 12, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun
Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2016
Drew Brees
Drew Brees
stated on June 12, 2016 as quoted in an interview with Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman
"Do you know what the second sport with the most concussions is? Women’s soccer… And the third most dangerous sport? Cheerleading."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2016
Jonathan Jarvis
Jonathan Jarvis
stated on June 14, 2016 testimony before a U.S. House committee
The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2016
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