Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 in a politics column.:
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2011 in :
Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on August 6, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.:
Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2011
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on August 18, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Texas schools have had "massive increases" in class sizes with Rick Perry as governor.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 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
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 15, 2011 in a speech.:
Says the government wants to require farm tractor drivers to hold commercial driver’s licenses even if they’re just crossing a single public road.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with ABC TV.:
"Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas" which is "tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 8, 2011 in a New Hampshire town hall.:
Says a poll found him the only Republican candidate who could beat Barack Obama in Texas -- and by eight points.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 14, 2011
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 12, 2011 in a legislative proposal.:
On applying prosecutorial discretion to immigration cases.
Full Flop
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Texas has "the fourth-lowest debt per capita of any state in the nation, and we are the lowest of any of the big states."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2011
Alliance for Retired Americans
Alliance for Retired Americans
stated on July 12, 2011 in an email blast:
"Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2011
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert
stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign statement.:
Says opponent David Dewhurst is a "career politician."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2011
Michael Burgess
Michael Burgess
stated on July 15, 2011 in a statement.:
Says stores will be barred from selling 100-watt light bulbs as of 2012.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 28, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign video.:
"This past (legislative) session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (U.S.) Constitution."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview.:
Says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than they’ve sent President Barack Obama and more than twice what they’ve sent other Republican presidential candidates.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 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
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst
stated on June 15, 2011 in House floor remarks.:
Says $500 billion in Medicare cuts are coming.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2011
Josh Treviño
Josh Treviño
stated on July 13, 2011 in a TV appearance.:
Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on June 22, 2011 in a forum.:
Says Texas is the only state that exempts jet fuel from its state motor fuels tax.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2011
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