Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Steve Munisteri
Steve Munisteri
stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview on Austin's YNN:
There "are 500 registered Republicans moving" to Texas "every day."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 20, 2013 in an interview:
On support for Ted Cruz
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2013
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 31, 2013 in a news article:
About 40 percent of U.S. illegal immigrants "came in on an airplane, with a legal visa, and just overstayed their visa and have never gone home."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 21, 2013 in a radio ad:
"Every year, more than $40 million are leaving Missouri for the Lone Star State."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 27, 2013 in a radio advertisement:
Says that "unlike Texas, Missouri has a perfect AAA credit rating."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 3, 2013 in a telephone call to the Allen, Texas, police department.:
"I am every year the No.1 pick of all of the law enforcement agencies within Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 12, 2013 in a radio commentary.:
"According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2013
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on July 2, 2013 in a Twitter post:
"60 percent of Texas 8th graders are not proficient in math. Only 26% have a teacher with a undergraduate major in math."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 8, 2013 in an opinion column.:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 71.2 percent of Hispanic registered voters in Texas and over 86 percent of African American registered voters participated in the 2012 elections.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2013
Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
stated on May 1, 2013 in a fundraising letter.:
Says the U.S. Postal Service has taken no taxpayer aid since 1971, funds operations entirely from the sale of stamps and related products and makes an "operational profit year after year."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 9, 2013
Ramey Ko
Ramey Ko
stated on July 25, 2013 in an Austin meeting.:
Says some Austin school district classrooms lack electrical outlets.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2013
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on July 14, 2013 in a blog post.:
Says Greg Abbott "converted over $1 million in federal grant money intended for use to prosecute online sexual predators and other cyber crimes and instead used it to harass and prosecute senior citizens who were assisting other senior citizens in applying for mail-in ballots."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2013
Tom Pauken
Tom Pauken
stated on July 25, 2013 in an oped column.:
"Our recent state budgets have far exceeded population and inflation growth."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on July 15, 2013 in an interview.:
Says a Justice Department memo "directs that you must openly embrace gay marriage and homosexuality."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 in a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.:
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on June 20, 2013 in a Texas House floor debate.:
Says Austin is the "largest city in America without a congressional district anchored in it."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 in :
Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 1, 2013 in a radio interview.:
"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 in a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.:
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 26, 2013 in an email blast.:
Says unsuccessful Texas abortion legislation "was supported by a majority of" Texans.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2013
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