Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Lainey Melnick
Lainey Melnick
stated on April 23, 2010 in an e-mail blast:
Says U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith supported the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in 2008, "but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 19, 2010
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on April 29, 2010 in an e-mail blast.:
Says state's expected "increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the African American and Hispanic populations in Texas in virtually every region of the state."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 10, 2010 in a news release:
On the importance of judicial experience for Supreme Court nominees.
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release:
Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 in a newspaper column:
"We’re making more than ever off oil and gas right now, but it’s no secret that oil production in Texas peaked in the 1970s."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 in a newspaper column:
Says Texas General Land Office "has earned the school children of Texas $451,932.89 on wind leases that haven't produced a watt of energy."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 24, 2010 in a radio address:
Says the American public "overwhelmingly opposed" Democratic-steered health care plan.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on April 21, 2010 in a campaign video:
Republican challenger Bill Flores "has never once voted in a general election in our district."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on April 20, 2010 in an interview:
Says Gov. Rick Perry has never held a private-sector job.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview:
Says he said last year there's "absolutely no reason" for Texas to secede.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on April 7, 2010 in a press release.:
"The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act is the largest-ever investment in higher education."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 21, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview.:
"We had a press conference here that interestingly no one in the mainstream media covered."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 9, 2010 in a public interview:
Says Republican state leaders are using "Soviet-style" budget management.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 26, 2010 in a press release:
"Every citizen is entitled to the freedom of speech, but no one should have the right to use government funds or institutions to portray acts that are morally reprehensible to the vast majority of Americans."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2010
Karen Sage
Karen Sage
stated on April 3, 2010 in a mailer:
Says that under a new program jail "time for non-violent, mentally ill offenders has been reduced by 50 percent."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 10, 2010
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on March 11, 2010 in an e-mail blast:
"An audit of the last census found that over 370,000 people living in Texas were not counted, and our state lost an estimated $1 billion in federal funds as a result."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 6, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 26, 2010 in a press release:
"This week liberal Bill White faced an ethics complaint about more than $83,000 he failed to report to the state Ethics Commission."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 31, 2010
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 21, 2010 in a press release:
"The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…"
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on March 10, 2010 in a Twitter post:
"War for the soul of the TxDems: 57% of Dem incumbents for Tx House LOST their primary."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 25, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 in his autobiography:
"Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
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