Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:
Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2011
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 5, 2011 in a widely distributed email memo.:
Says David Dewhurst accused Cruz of being a Red Chinese Communist.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2011
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
stated on September 28, 2011 in an opinion column.:
"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2011
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2011 in a campaign video.:
Says David Dewhurst skipped nine candidate forums after announcing his U.S. Senate candidacy.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • October 3, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview:
Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:
Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2011
Keep Conservatives United
Keep Conservatives United
stated on September 1, 2011 in an online video ad.:
Says Rick Perry is "spending more money than the state takes in, covering his deficits with record borrowing."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.:
Says he "got lobbied" by a woman with late-stage cancer about vaccinating Texas girls against a virus that can cause cervical cancer.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:
Says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done "in the private sector, it would be called criminal."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 16, 2011 in answer to questions.:
Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2011
Save Our Springs Alliance
Save Our Springs Alliance
stated on August 16, 2011 in a newsletter post.:
"Ten years ago the Austin Water Utility used a total of 240.3 million gallons. Every summer since then our peak day of water use has been lower."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2011
Keep Conservatives United
Keep Conservatives United
stated on September 1, 2011 in a video advertisement.:
Says "Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2011
Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
stated on September 6, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Rick Perry and the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature "managed to slash the budget of the volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in the last legislative session," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate.:
"When you look at what we have done over the last decade, we created 1 million jobs in the state of Texas. At the same time, (the rest of) America lost 2.5 million."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 10, 2011 in an Iowa campaign stop.:
Rick Perry "was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2011
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 14, 2010 in the Republican gubernatorial debate in Denton:
"Governor (Perry), you were a Democrat, having worked for Al Gore as his campaign manager..."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 in on web pages.:
Say Texas U.S. Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson and Sheila Jackson Lee are among open Socialists in Congress.
Pants on Fire!
By Charles Pope, W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2011
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on August 24, 2011 in an opinion column.:
Says Barack Obama’s "favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2011
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
stated on August 30, 2011 in an oped column.:
Says Ron Paul insisted FEMA should be shut down.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 3, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 24, 2011 in a Twitter message.:
Congressional Budget Office "says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!"
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2011
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