Latest Fact-Checks By Meghan Ashford-Grooms

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Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on January 9, 2012 in a press release:
Says 282 Texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of "unprecedented fiscal challenges."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 21, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 13, 2011 in a post on his campaign website:
"Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 9, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in an online video:
Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on December 29, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Sue Owen • December 31, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 27, 2011 in Iowa:
On instances when abortions should be allowed.
Half Flip
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
A study says Massachusetts has lost 18,000 jobs because residents were required to obtain health insurance under an act signed into law by Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 19, 2011
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on November 15, 2011 in an email blast:
Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 16, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 in a letter to Nancy Pelosi:
"A part-time Congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average American family."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 1, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 in a tweet:
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 in a television ad:
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 in a television ad:
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview:
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.
True
By Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 5, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.:
Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 27, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 18, 2011 in an online video:
"Our president has labeled Americans as soft."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 in a tweet.:
"Romneycare was model for Obamacare."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 21, 2011
Libertarian National Committee
Libertarian National Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 in a video posted on its website:
Says Rick Perry "supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 10, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 29, 2011 in a television interview:
Says the private sector in Texas created 1 million jobs over the past decade.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 30, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 7, 2011 in a presidential debate:
Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 24, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 30, 2011 in a radio interview:
"I became a Republican sooner in my life than" Ronald Reagan did in his.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 6, 2011
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