Latest Fact-Checks By Sue Owen

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 in a tweet:
Says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.
True
By Sue Owen • January 30, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on December 31, 2012 in an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.
True
By Sue Owen • January 15, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 21, 2012 in an email sent to PolitiFact Texas:
Says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • January 11, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on December 16, 2012 in an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’:
Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.
False
By Sue Owen • January 3, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on November 29, 2012 in remarks to the Dallas Regional Chamber:
Says that under Texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.
False
By Sue Owen • January 1, 2013
Larry Kilgore
Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 in a New York Times news story:
Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.
False
By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012
Texas secession petition
Texas secession petition
stated on November 9, 2012 in the White House's "We the People" petition web site:
Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
True
By Sue Owen • December 18, 2012
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
stated on November 8, 2012 in a Dallas Morning News blog post:
Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • December 12, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 19, 2012 in a tweet:
Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.
True
By Sue Owen • November 28, 2012
Terral Smith
Terral Smith
stated on September 9, 2012 in an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says 40 years ago, the U.S. placed Texas under Voting Rights Act for failing to print ballots in Spanish.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 16, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 in a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 in a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012
Gonzalo Barrientos
Gonzalo Barrientos
stated on October 22, 2012 in an opinion article in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says 55 percent of council members have come from area where only 10 percent of Austinites live.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 25, 2012
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on May 10, 2012 in a mailed campaign flier:
Says he "is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at MoPac and William Cannon."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 19, 2012
Karen Huber
Karen Huber
stated on September 17, 2012 in an Austin American-Statesman news stor:
Says she’s never said "don’t build" Texas 45 Southwest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 12, 2012
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on August 30, 2012 in in an opinion column in USA Today:
Says black women are "fastest-growing demographic group in ... Texas seeking concealed handgun licenses."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 5, 2012
John Sharp
John Sharp
stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech in Austin:
Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 25, 2012
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 9, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth:
Says Sierra Club sued him to stop oil and gas activity on Texas coast, but "we won" and "the turtles are fine."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 12, 2012
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on August 23, 2012 in a political action committee report:
Says that like Todd Akin, all Texas Republicans in U.S. House cosponsored a bill "that attempts to distinguish between ‘forcible rape’ and other sexual assaults."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 6, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 in keynote address at Democratic National Convention.:
Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nation’s top-performing local economy.
True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2012
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