Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Andrew White
stated on May 11, 2018 in a Democratic gubernatorial debate:

Says Cecile Richards recently said there’s room in "her movement" for people who personally believe abortion is wrong.

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2018

Steve McCraw
stated on April 18, 2018 in testimony to a Texas House panel:

Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2018

Lupe Valdez
stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman:

"I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Beto O’Rourke had a "resolution to legalize all narcotics--including heroin and other deadly opioids."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on April 2, 2018 in a campaign fundraising letter:

Says George Soros has "unloaded a whopping $1 million to install his liberal puppets in positions of power" in Texas this fall.

Half-True

By Jasper Scherer, W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018

Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Austin is the "safest big city in Texas with an unemployment rate under 3% that has been named the best place to live in the entire United States two years running."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on April 9, 2018 in an interview by Trey Ware of San Antonio's KTSA radio station:

Says that as of March 2018 compared with 2017, "there’s been a more than 200 percent increase in the number of people who are apprehended coming across the border. And, I’ll tell you this, there’s been a more than 200 percent increase in apprehension of heroin coming across the border."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 24, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2018 in a commentary on the Fox News website:

Says Facebook shut down a "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2018

Jonathan Saenz
stated on March 28, 2018 in an email blast:

Says that in the U.S. Capitol, "Stephen F. Austin’s and Sam Houston’s statues" are "the only ones holding a rifle or a sword."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2018

Anonymous Caller
stated on April 10, 2018 in an anonymous phone message:

Says that unless the recipient called back about "your tax filings," you "will be taken into custody by the local cops as there are more serious allegations pressed on your name."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2018

Jose Carrillo
stated on March 28, 2018 in a Texas Capitol press conference:

"Just in the Austin MSA alone, 150 people move here every day."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 1, 2018 in a tweet:

Says caravans of people are coming to cross the Mexico-U.S. border.

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2018

Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News:

"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018

Sean Hannity
stated on March 7, 2018 in his Fox News program:

Says 642,000 crimes were committed against Texans by criminal immigrants in a recent seven-year period.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018

Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet:

"The state is set to recapture an additional $500 million in Robin Hood payments from taxpayers and not one penny of it will go to public education in Texas."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop:

Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2018 in an audio ad distributed to news organizations:

Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on February 19, 2018 in a conference call with voters:

Says Texas ranks among the nation’s top five states for its high school graduation rate.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018

Jason Isaac
stated on February 1, 2018 in a voters guide from the League of Women Voters of Texas and League of Women Voters Austin Area:

Says abortion is "the leading cause of death for black Americans and kills as many as 1,000 black children every day."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018

Ann Teich
stated on February 26, 2018 in a meeting of the Austin school board:

Says Stephen F. Austin and James Bowie promoted slavery.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2018

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