Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 6, 2014 in a press release:
Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on April 24, 2014 in an interview with the McAllen Monitor:
With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on April 11, 2014 in a tweet and chart:
"Wendy Davis has already taken more $ from teacher unions than the past 3 Democrat gubernatorial candidates combined."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 in a mailer to voters:
"PolitiFact Texas gave" a David Dewhurst TV ad "a ‘Pants-on-Fire’ rating as an outrageous lie."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 in an online post:
"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 in a video ad:
Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 in a debate over immigration issues with state Sen. Dan Patrick:
Up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. They are visa overstayers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Young Conservatives of Texas
Young Conservatives of Texas
stated on March 13, 2014 in a press release:
Ryan Sitton’s company "accepted over $650,000 in Obama stimulus dollars."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 in a press release:
"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 in a video ad:
Dan Patrick "changed his name from Danny Goeb to hide from" his "debts."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
David Boies
David Boies
stated on April 8, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library:
Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2014
Will Wynn
Will Wynn
stated on March 30, 2014 in a news story:
More "25- to 34-year-olds are moving to Austin than any other city in America."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2014 in speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library:
During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 in a news story:
Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 31, 2014 in an online petition:
"Greg Abbott said it would be a ‘waste’ to expand pre-k to all Texas children."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 27, 2014 in an interview:
David Alameel "is giving thousands of dollars to support the Republican Party candidates" including John Cornyn and Greg Abbott.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 in a committee hearing:
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on February 25, 2014 in an email blast:
"Kesha Rogers is not a Democrat."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2014
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on March 18, 2014 in an oped column in the Austin American-Statesman:
On HealthCare.Gov, Texan Mark Sullivan "found a good" health insurance "plan that includes dental, for less than $80 a month."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2014
James Moore
James Moore
stated on March 20, 2014 in a tweet:
"Ted Cruz has been to Iowa four times. Rio Grande Valley of Texas -- just once."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
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