Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 22, 2013 in a video:
Travis County is "surrounded by red counties."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2014
Texans for Reliable Power
Texans for Reliable Power
stated on January 9, 2014 in an advertisement:
"Texas is experiencing the fastest population growth in the country," adding "more than 1,000 people a day."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2014
Scott Turner
Scott Turner
stated on January 8, 2014 in a speech:
"I started the whole year" as a senior on the University of Illinois football team and "led the team in interceptions and tackles from defensive back."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2014
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
stated on January 7, 2014 in a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole:
Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 30, 2013 in a press release:
Payday lenders profit "from the poor by charging 1,000-plus" percent "interest."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2014
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on December 10, 2013 in an email blast:
"This is the first time in Texas history -- and only the fourth time in United States history -- that two women are running for the top spots."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2013
Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
stated on December 15, 2013 in an oped column:
Federal law for Obamacare navigators "does not bar — or even require screening for — convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 20, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 3, 2013 in a post on her campaign website:
Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2013
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on December 11, 2013 in Stockman's campaign website:
"In every poll," John Cornyn "always loses to any conservative the voters have heard about."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 13, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on November 17, 2013 in :
"The Earth is not warming."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 13, 2013
Senate Conservatives Fund
Senate Conservatives Fund
stated on December 9, 2013 in as quoted by Politico:
"John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 12, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on October 1, 2013 in a blog post on his campaign website:
"I have cut taxes 63 times, including a 2006 property tax reduction that ranks as the largest in state history."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 8, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 4, 2013 in a guest lecture:
"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33 more members of the House of Representatives than the Democrats did."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2013
Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt
stated on September 28, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel:
"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 4, 2013 in as quoted in an Associated Press news story:
In "reality," there have "been no problems whatsoever" with the Texas voter ID law.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 19, 2013
City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 6, 2013 in a press release:
"Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2013
Miriam Martinez
Miriam Martinez
stated on November 11, 2013 in her campaign website:
I am "the first Latina to run for governor of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2013
Steve Leslie
Steve Leslie
stated on October 29, 2013 in remarks at an Austin town hall about the Dell Medical School:
The University of Texas is starting "the first medical school at a major Tier One" university "in the last 50 years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 8, 2013
Sid Covington
Sid Covington
stated on October 28, 2013 in an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board:
A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2013
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on October 24, 2013 in an email blast:
"Texas Governor Rick Perry’s voter ID law is a blatant effort to defeat Wendy Davis by disenfranchising tens of thousands of women voters."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2013
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