Latest Fact-Checks By Madlin Mekelburg

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Gina Hinojosa
stated on September 4, 2019 in a press conference:

"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.

Mostly True

By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on September 13, 2019 in :

"Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record."

False

By Madlin Mekelburg • September 18, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 4, 2019 in an interview:

"There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people."

True

By Madlin Mekelburg • September 9, 2019

Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech:

"The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."

Half-True

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 27, 2019

Dan Patrick
stated on August 8, 2019 in a TV interview:

Says after the shooting in El Paso, "on Sunday, everyone was going to church in America, praying about this, and the next day when their kids went to school, they weren’t allowed to pray or bring it up."

False

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 19, 2019

John Cornyn
stated on July 22, 2019 in an advertisement:

Says Royce West stood with Wendy Davis "to support painful late-term abortions."

Half-True

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 8, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on August 3, 2019 in a press conference:

Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 (murders per year). We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.

True

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 5, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 30, 2019 in in a debate:

Says "we lose nearly 40,000 people in this country to gun violence, a number that no other country comes even close to."

Mostly False

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 2, 2019

Steve McCraw
stated on July 12, 2019 in a legislative hearing:

Since 2014, there has been a 25% reduction in crime in communities at the Texas-Mexico border.

True

By Madlin Mekelburg • July 25, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on June 30, 2019 in an interview:

Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."

Mostly True

By Madlin Mekelburg • July 12, 2019

Travis County Republican Party
stated on July 3, 2019 in a news release:

Says recent changes to Austin city policy give homeless people more rights than property owners and allow for "homeless camps on private property, business frontage, and even public sidewalks."

False

By Madlin Mekelburg • July 5, 2019

Ted Cruz
stated on June 21, 2019 in a press release:

"As you know, we apprehended over 144,000 people in a single month. That is a pace, which if it continues for 12 months, would put us on a pace for nearly 2 million apprehensions on the border."

Mostly False

By Madlin Mekelburg • June 27, 2019

John Cornyn
stated on June 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"Texas remains one of the most severely impacted states from drug trafficking. Nearly 3,000 Texans died from drug related deaths in 2017 – with half being overdoses involving opioids."

Half-True

By Madlin Mekelburg • June 21, 2019

Greg Abbott
stated on June 9, 2019 in in a tweet:

"Turns out the critics of the Texas maternal mortality rate were just lying. It’s less than half of what the critics said. It’s about 1/10 of 1%."

Mostly False

By Madlin Mekelburg • June 11, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 29, 2019 in a television appearance:

"For more than a year, I have been saying that it’s time for Congress to act and begin impeachment proceedings."

Mostly False

By Madlin Mekelburg • June 10, 2019

Dan Patrick
stated on May 15, 2019 in in a television appearance:

"We will have more people enter our country illegally than were born in this country in one year."

Pants on Fire!

By Madlin Mekelburg • June 5, 2019

Ben Carson
stated on May 21, 2019 in a tweet:

More than 100,000 people are waiting for public housing in Houston and people who are in the country illegally are taking their spaces.

Mostly False

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 30, 2019

Donna Campbell
stated on May 15, 2019 in in a tweet:

"Local Government debt in Texas has increased nearly 40% in the past 5 years."

Half-True

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 24, 2019

Dan Crenshaw
stated on May 6, 2019 in in a television apperance:

Says about 80% to 90% of people seeking asylum do not have a valid claim.

False

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 17, 2019

Brandon Creighton
stated on May 7, 2019 in the Texas Senate:

"Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."

True

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 10, 2019

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