Fact Check Posts – Page 19

Rick Perry
stated on August 8, 2014 in speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth:

By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on August 7, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.

By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014

Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
stated on July 21, 2014 in a press release:

"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014

Eugene Sepulveda
stated on July 29, 2014 in a Facebook post:

Austin mayoral candidate "Mike Martinez takes corporate money."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2014

Henry Cisneros
stated on July 22, 2014 in a statement after Ivy Taylor's selection as mayor of San Antonio:

San Antonio is "now the largest city in the United States ever to have an African American woman mayor."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:

Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014

David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:

Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview on Fox News.:

"We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on June 7, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Republican Party of Texas:

"We have a 40 to 50 percent dropout rate in our inner-city schools."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2014

Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview of Gov. Rick Perry:

Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck:

More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2014

Roberto Alonzo
stated on July 16, 2014 in a press release:

"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base:

Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:

Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:

Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014

David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party:

Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 2, 2014

Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on June 26, 2014 in an interview with KERA News:

"The platform of the Republican Party says deport everybody and to hell with it."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference :

Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on June 26, 2014 in a billboard message:

"Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2014

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