Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Glenn Hegar
stated on September 10, 2015 in a speech in Georgetown, Texas:

"We have 650 people who move to Texas every day."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 1, 2015

Don Zimmerman
stated on September 1, 2015 in an Austin City Council meeting:

Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 1, 2015 in a speech to the Greater Houston Partnership:

The Iran deal "trusts the Iranians to inspect themselves."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on August 25, 2015 in a tweet:

"After Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, both the unintended pregnancy and abortion rates dropped."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2015

Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 3, 2015 in remarks in San Antonio:

As many as six federal department budget bills have been delayed because of opposition to amendments that would ban Confederate battle flag sales at federal building gift shops.

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2015

Joe Pojman
stated on July 28, 2015 in addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol:

"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 in speaking to reporters in Iowa:

"It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa:

"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2015

Sid Miller
stated on August 16, 2015 in a meme posted on his Facebook page:

"To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed hologram."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2015

Bruce Elfant
stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin:

"The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2015

John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2015 in a tweet:

"In FY 2014 Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation" of "the Hyde amendment."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 28, 2015 in an episode of The Rush Limbaugh Show:

Austin is "effectively" imposing "a ban on barbecue restaurants."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • August 4, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News:

Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2015

Robert Henneke
stated on June 23, 2015 in an oped column:

"Obama’s Clean Power Plan ... eliminates coal-fired power plants."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015

Christine Gilbert
stated on July 11, 2015 in a letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman:

The Texas Capitol faces South toward Goliad, in memory of the most horrific battle of the Texas Revolution.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on July 2, 2015 in a speech at the National Press Club:

"Texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2015

Glenn Hegar
stated on June 24, 2015 in a tweet:

"Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal gov't wants to create a park, they must ask permission!"

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2015

Chain email
stated on June 29, 2015 in a chain email:

Muslims "attempted to establish the first Islamic Sharia court inside the United States in the town of Irving, Texas."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2015

Ron Paul
stated on June 14, 2015 in an opinion column:

"Jasper County in Texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2015

Donna Howard
stated on June 25, 2015 in a press release:

Texas has "the nation's highest rate and highest number of uninsured."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 1, 2015

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