Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
stated on September 14, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they don't have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2010
Ted Ankrum
Ted Ankrum
stated on August 31, 2010 in an e-mail blast.:
"More people were killed in the United States last year by tainted food than U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the wars began."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2010
Steve Munisteri
Steve Munisteri
stated on August 31, 2010 in a press release.:
Says the Austin chapter of the League of Women Voters has no Republicans among elected officers or on its debate committee.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 6, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 8, 2010 in an interview:
Says Texas U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions said the GOP's goal is to "go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this president took office... policies that crashed the economy."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2010
David Porter
David Porter
stated on July 28, 2010 in a press release.:
Jeff Weems' "legal record is one of defending BP, Enron and just about every big oil company against the working man."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 27, 2010 in a border stop.:
On hearings about automatic citizenship provision in U.S. Constitution.
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on August 30, 2010 in a press release.:
Jim Dunnam "has not lived in the district he represents for years now."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 in a television interview:
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 in an East Texas campaign stop.:
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on July 28, 2010 in a U.S. House floor speech:
"Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on July 15, 2010 in a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.:
Says Democrat Hank Gilbert "has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 in a TV interview.:
"The state budget has gone up over 80 percent under Rick Perry."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 12, 2010
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 9, 2010 in a conference call with reporters.:
Says the United States is the only nation that affords citizenship to anyone born here, "whether you are here legally or illegally."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 10, 2010
Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
stated on July 30, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. House:
"Over the time that President Obama has been in office, we have lost 2.5 million free enterprise system jobs, and, yet, 500,000 federal government jobs have been added."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview:
Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 5, 2010
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on July 19, 2010 in a Twitter post:
Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2010
Gordon Quan
Gordon Quan
stated on June 30, 2010 in an e-mail blast:
Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on July 8, 2010 in a speech:
"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 30, 2010
John King
John King
stated on July 13, 2010 in a question to San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro:
"Sometime in the next decade, there will be more Latinos in the state of Texas than there are Anglos. That will happen sometime in the next five to eight to ten years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2010
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