Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 20, 2010 in a press release:
"Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2010
Ronnie Earle
Ronnie Earle
stated on January 18, 2010 in a speech:
"Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 30, 2009 in a press release:
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 27, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2010 in a televised interview:
"The No. 1 issue that the American people care about is getting America back to work."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2010
Linda Chavez-Thompson
Linda Chavez-Thompson
stated on January 4, 2010 in a speech:
"Most Texans aren't millionaires."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 in the Jan. 14 GOP gubernatorial debate:
Says Gov. Rick Perry was for Wall Street bailout before he was against it.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2010
Hector Uribe
Hector Uribe
stated on January 11, 2010 in a press release:
Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 20, 2009 in in a press release:
"Sen. Hutchison abandoned Republicans and stood with Democrats to ensure health care legislation would pass quickly."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2009 in a press release:
Says approximately 70 percent of jobs created in the United States in November 2007-2008 were in Texas.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on December 14, 2009 in in a press release:
Says a careless attitude and "poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
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