Latest Fact-Checks By Madlin Mekelburg

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Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 in a rally:
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech:
“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 12, 2020
Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros
stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting:
Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 7, 2020
James White
James White
stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet:
Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." 
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 31, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 7, 2020 in a press gaggle:
The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 24, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 4, 2020 in a speech:
"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 17, 2020
Gene Wu
Gene Wu
stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet:
"About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 10, 2020
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet:
"80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year." 
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 20, 2019
Rick Range
Rick Range
stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 17, 2019
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2019 in a TV interview:
"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 3, 2019
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
stated on November 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 20, 2019 in a tweet:
 "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 21, 2019
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on October 29, 2019 in a blog post:
The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 19, 2019
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 15, 2019
Cindi Castilla
Cindi Castilla
stated on October 30, 2019 in a press conference:
Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 11, 2019
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on October 21, 2019 in an op-ed:
"As we have learned, the Intel Inspector General (IG) changed the rule after the complaint was known in order to allow hearsay complaints, but the IG dishonestly backdated the rule change so that damage could be done to President Trump."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • October 30, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 10, 2019 in a tweet:
"The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • October 17, 2019
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on October 7, 2019 in a tweet:
Says the Associated Press was wrong to report that "Income Inequality grew to largest in 50 years" because in a "new Census report all four measures of income inequality SHRUNK, reversing rise over past five decades."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • October 12, 2019
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on August 22, 2019 in an interview:
"50% of the DUIs on Interstate 35 are from illegals. Ninety percent of the 50% have absolutely no identification."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • October 4, 2019
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