Latest Fact-Checks By Sue Owen

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David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 in a tweet:
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on December 15, 2013 in an opinion column:
"Texas has the highest rate of uninsured in the nation. ... And there are more uninsured children in Texas than in any other state."
True
By Sue Owen • December 19, 2013
Sam Houston
Sam Houston
stated on December 13, 2013 in a campaign web page:
Says he would have "almost twice the actual experience practicing law" Greg Abbott did on becoming attorney general of Texas.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 16, 2013
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on December 13, 2013 in a press release:
"At present spending levels, only citizens of New York have a greater local debt burden than Texans."
True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on October 24, 2013 in an email to a constituent:
Obamacare medical device tax "has led to the loss of thousands of jobs" in U.S.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on November 19, 2013 in an online campaign video:
"Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent" since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 27, 2013
Senfronia Thompson
Senfronia Thompson
stated on November 20, 2013 in email blast from Progress Texas:
"Macy's sent a letter to Rick Perry urging him to veto" equal pay bill.
True
By Sue Owen • November 25, 2013
City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 8, 2013 in a press release:
"Nearly 20% of our residents" are born abroad.
True
By Sue Owen • November 20, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2013 in an image shared on Facebook:
Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2013 in remarks at a Dallas synagogue:
"A million people … could get health insurance right away" if Texas expanded Medicaid under Obamacare.
True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 in a donation web page:
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Independent Texans
Independent Texans
stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6:
$6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 29, 2013
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on October 3, 2013 in an audio recording described as a radio ad:
"Wendy Davis opposes any limits on abortion."
False
By Sue Owen • October 22, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on September 25, 2013 in an interview on YNN’s “Capital Tonight”:
40,000 veterans in Texas won’t get health care because Perry rejected Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 17, 2013
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on October 29, 2013 in an interview on a Lubbock radio station:
Says David Dewhurst "went out for drinks" during Senate debate on abortion bill.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on September 21, 2013 in a flier mailed to constituents:
"In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 1, 2013
Jason Stanford
Jason Stanford
stated on September 16, 2013 in an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman:
Wendy Davis is "the most popular politician in Texas."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • September 23, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview on “Conexión Texas”:
"Soy ... el único official estatal quién es un hombre de negocios."
False
By Sue Owen • September 16, 2013
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
stated on August 8, 2013 in an opinion column in Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
"Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas."
False
By Sue Owen • September 13, 2013
Raul Torres
Raul Torres
stated on August 27, 2013 in a campaign video:
Says he would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller.
True
By Sue Owen • September 9, 2013
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