Latest Fact-Checks By Meghan Ashford-Grooms

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 in a campaign video on his website:
Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2011
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on August 3, 2011 in an interview:
On abortion.
Full Flop
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2011 in remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire:
"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2011
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on July 5, 2011 in a statement for Twitter:
"Rick Perry ended full-day Pre-K for 100,000 Texas children."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 5, 2011
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on June 29, 2011 in an interview with CNBC:
"The only growth sector that we’ve had in the last two years in America is government growth."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 22, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 5, 2011 in a Twitter message.:
Says President Barack Obama’s "own economists say the stimulus cost $278K per job ‘created.’ "
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on June 22, 2011 in remarks to the Central Texas Democratic Forum:
"We’re losing almost 6,000 state jobs."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 9, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2011 in a speech in Los Angeles:
Says President Barack Obama’s overturning of the Mexico City Policy means federal tax dollars can be used "to fund abortion all over the world."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 1, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on June 15, 2011 in a press release:
Says Rick Perry of Texas was "the governor who relied most on stimulus funds to close his state’s budget deficit in 2010."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 25, 2011
Texas House Democratic Caucus
Texas House Democratic Caucus
stated on May 18, 2011 in a press release:
"Some neighborhood schools are closing."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 2, 2011
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas Public Policy Foundation
stated on April 25, 2011 in a television ad that ran through May 20:
Says that in the last five years, Texas "created more jobs than all other states combined."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 29, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 in a presidential debate:
"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on April 5, 2011 in comments to reporters on Texas Senate floor:
Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 15, 2011
Leo Berman
Leo Berman
stated on April 27, 2011 in a Texas Tribune article:
Says the hospital listed on Barack Obama’s just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2011 in an interview:
"Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 24, 2011
Jim Keffer
Jim Keffer
stated on April 3, 2011 in House floor remarks:
"The costs of cancer and all affiliated issues are over $20 billion a year to this state."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 18, 2011
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on February 16, 2011 in :
Says the Beaumont school district’s superintendent is the highest-paid in the state.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2011
Jimmie Don Aycock
Jimmie Don Aycock
stated on March 31, 2011 in remarks on the floor of the Texas House:
"Some of the colleges, including A&M, have already guaranteed that they will not increase their tuition."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 4, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 9, 2011 in a hearing:
Says that during the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the U.S. detained people from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism on the southwestern border.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 1, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on February 16, 2011 in a column:
Gov. Rick Perry "used $3.2 billion in stimulus dollars for schools to plug other holes in his budget."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2011
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