Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Frank Luntz
stated on April 6, 2016 in a tweet:

"Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2016

Tim Finchem
stated on March 27, 2016 in a sports column by Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman:

"Austin’s the fastest-growing city in the country the last five years."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 in speaking to reporters:

Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2016

Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2016 in a post and story from Elect Leaders:

Ted Cruz is in negotiations to be Donald Trump’s running mate.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2016 in a Democratic National Committee reception:

Illegal "immigration is lower than it’s been in 40 years."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 in responding to reporters:

"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 in on CNN's "State of the Union.":

Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."

Mostly False

By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016

Blake Rocap
stated on February 16, 2016 in a voter mailer:

"When Republican extremists tried to take away abortion rights … Blake Rocap stopped them."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2016

Huey Rey Fischer
stated on February 8, 2016 in a press release:

"There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2016

Gary Cobb
stated on February 16, 2016 in a video ad on his campaign website:

Travis County residents "trusted me to take on Tom DeLay — and we won."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2016

Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 in a TV ad:

Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016

Paul Saldaña
stated on January 13, 2016 in a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV:

A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 in Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016

Glenn Beck
stated on January 23, 2016 in an appearance in Ankeny, Iowa:

"In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 21, 2016 in a New Hampshire appearance:

"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016

Roger Williams
stated on January 12, 2016 in response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address:

Under Barack Obama, "the fewest number of adults are working since Jimmy Carter’s presidency."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016

Wendy Davis
stated on January 4, 2016 in a legal brief:

"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2016

Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press:

Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post:

Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on December 8, 2015 in a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz:

Says President Barack Obama "himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015

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