Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Omar Rachid
stated on July 21, 2018 in a San Antonio Express-News story:

"Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2018

Roger Williams
stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview on "Mornings with Maria" on the Fox Business Network:

Says he’s "never voted ‘present’ in the House instead of taking a yes or no position.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on July 17, 2018 in a campaign press release:

Says Beto O’Rourke is "the only candidate to the U.S. Senate to call for" impeaching President Donald Trump.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2018

Republican Party of Texas
stated on July 14, 2018 in a fundraising email blast:

Says a poll showed Democrat Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2018

Roman McAllen
stated on June 22, 2018 in a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:

"The Railroad Commission of Texas has nothing to do with railroads."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on June 27, 2018 in a fundraising conference call with supporters:

"In Houston, Texas, there are more brothels than there are Starbucks."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 13, 2018

Kendall Scudder
stated on July 2, 2018 in an event hosted by the Funky East Dallas Democrats:

"Bob Hall never successfully passed a bill."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 12, 2018

Jim Spencer
stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post:

Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on June 11, 2018 in an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:

"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2018

X posts
stated on June 11, 2018 in a post by a filmmaker:

Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • June 15, 2018

Lupe Valdez
stated on May 7, 2018 in an online survey:

"After Texas cut" its "two-year family planning budget by $73 million, one in four clinics closed their doors."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2018

Texas Campaign for the Environment
stated on April 26, 2018 in a handout:

Says most of Austin’s biggest parks have recycling though as "many as 293 out of 300" Austin city "parks have no recycling, including almost every neighborhood park."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 6, 2018 in a conference call about hurricane season:

Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey.

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018

Justin Nelson
stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet:

Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018

Lupe Valdez
stated on May 23, 2018 in a New York Times news story:

"One in six Texans don’t have health care. We’re the most uninsured state in the U.S."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018

stated on May 8, 2018 in an Austin American-Statesman news story:

Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018

Dan Patrick
stated on May 20, 2018 in an interview on ABC News, "This Week":

"It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2018

Instagram posts
stated on May 22, 2018 in an online meme:

Says a young Texas rapper charged with capital crimes faces the death penalty but the alleged Santa Fe High School shooter faces prison and then parole after 40 years.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2018

Steve Adler
stated on May 8, 2018 in an interview on KLBJ-AM:

Says Austin is "creating more jobs than any other city in the country."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2018

Lupe Valdez
stated on May 8, 2018 in a Facebook Live interview by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board:

"There are some counties in Texas where the first day of hunting, you have to shut down the schools because people are going to go hunting."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2018

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