Latest Fact Checks By Brandon Mulder

Texas has recorded COVID deaths since removing its mask mandate — thousands of them

By Brandon Mulder

May 25, 2021

“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."

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Job openings in Texas match the number of people on unemployment

By Brandon Mulder

May 21, 2021

“We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the…

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Ted Cruz repeats false claim that voting bill ‘would register millions of illegal aliens to vote’

By Brandon Mulder

May 14, 2021

The voting rights bill “would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.”

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Renewables weren’t primary factor in Texas’ mid-April power crunch

By Brandon Mulder

May 10, 2021

“Conventional generators are very thin right now because Texas has gone to so many renewables.”

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Ted Cruz’s dubious claim that GOP didn’t “rig” SCOTUS confirmations

By Brandon Mulder , Louis Jacobson

April 27, 2021

“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”

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In voting debate, no evidence that more people of color don’t own cars than do

By Brandon Mulder

April 23, 2021

“Statistics show that more people of color don't have cars than not. So how do (drive-thru voting centers) help those folks?"

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Calculating herd immunity is more than ‘simple math’

By Brandon Mulder

April 19, 2021

Texas “could be very close to herd immunity.”

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Yes, the Texas Senate’s election bill SB7 changes early voting rules

By Brandon Mulder

April 9, 2021

“Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed."

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Yes, the number of kids in Border Patrol custody is double 2019’s peak

By Brandon Mulder

April 6, 2021

“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”

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Border surge of minors is due to numerous factors, Biden policies among them

By Brandon Mulder

March 29, 2021

"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe…

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Abbott exaggerates COVID-19 concerns about migrants entering US

By Brandon Mulder

March 11, 2021

“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”

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Gas pipelines didn’t freeze during Texas’ winter storm

By Brandon Mulder

March 5, 2021

“Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.”

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