Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Paul Stekler
Paul Stekler
stated on January 24, 2015 in an oped column:
Louisiana’s film incentives program is so big "they actually shot an upcoming film initially titled ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ in New Orleans!"
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 7, 2015
Molly White
Molly White
stated on February 3, 2015 in an online statement:
The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:
Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 27, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:
More "than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in America are U.S. citizens."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 in an email blast:
"College tuition rates in Texas jumped by 55% since 2003."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 26, 2015 in a breakfast talk in Iowa:
The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2015 in a post on his U.S. Senate website:
The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 in an email blast:
Since Rick Perry became governor, "poverty rates in Texas increased from 15.1% to 17.5% — which is higher than the national average."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:
Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2015 in Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation:
"I belong to the AFL-CIO."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on January 2, 2015 in speaking to reporters:
The "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2015
Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015:
The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on December 7, 2014 in an interview of Greg Abbott, Texas governor-elect:
"There have been some estimates that if you deported everybody who is in Texas illegally," it "would create an economic recession for the state."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on December 17, 2014 in a press release:
"Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas' sales tax deduction a decade ago."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 23, 2014
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech:
"This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2014
Wallace Hall
Wallace Hall
stated on December 6, 2014 in a speech:
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said, ‘I do not care if Wallace Hall swings from a tree.’
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 17, 2014
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on December 2, 2014 in a TV ad:
Mike "Martinez has voted to raise taxes and utility rates while ending free bus service for seniors."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 in an email blast:
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Progress for Austin PAC
Progress for Austin PAC
stated on December 3, 2014 in a mailer to voters:
"Mike Martinez cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing possible jail time and stuck us with his $24,657.50 legal bill."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 2, 2014 in a committee hearing:
President Barack Obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2014
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