Fact Check Posts – Page 6

David Dewhurst
stated on May 12, 2010 in an interview:

"You’ve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. That’s nuts."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 in a Web video:

"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on April 6, 2010 in a press release:

"The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 2010

Bill White
stated on May 2, 2010 in a television ad:

Says he cut 'tax rates five times'

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 7, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview:

Says Texas has been waiting for two years for the federal government to act on a proposal to allow the state to "create insurance opportunities for those that are uninsured today."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 1, 2010

Bill White
stated on April 13, 2010 in a press release:

"By the end of Governor Rick Perry's term, he will have drained Texas taxpayers ... of more than $360,000 to pay for the rental mansion he has been living in while the historic Governor's Mansion is repaired."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 25, 2010

Rick Green
stated on March 25, 2010 in a YouTube video:

"When you look at the nearly 150 men and women who have served us on the Texas Supreme Court, more than half of them had zero prior judicial experience."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 16, 2010

Debra Lehrmann
stated on April 5, 2010 in a mailer:

"This race will be the Democrats’ top target this November."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on April 2, 2010 in a column:

"The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 5, 2010

Rick Green
stated on January 14, 2010 in a speech:

"As a state rep, I was considered the fourth-most conservative in the Legislature."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 1, 2010

David Dewhurst
stated on March 21, 2010 in a press release:

The federal health care plan "costs Texas taxpayers $2.4 billion per year."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 27, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web post:

My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2010

Hank Gilbert
stated on March 1, 2010 in a press release:

"Todd Staples recently tried to woo his supporters and right-wing base by suggesting the Agriculture Commission cut programs intended to feed the elderly and disabled, many of whom are veterans."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 9, 2010

Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 24, 2010 in a radio ad:

Gov. Rick Perry "spent over a million dollars on D.C. lobbyists asking for more federal money and lives in a luxury house that costs taxpayers $10,000 a month."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 1, 2010

Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 12, 2010 in a television ad:

Says one in three Texas children drop out of high school.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 25, 2010

Farouk Shami
stated on February 9, 2010 in a press release:

"Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 22, 2010

Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 7, 2010 in a video:

"Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 11, 2010

Debra Medina
stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate:

"The governor’s not taking his own fiscal advice. ... In the first fiscal quarter of this year, we’ve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending, double-digit spending out of the executive branch in the State of Texas."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 8, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate:

"We cut property taxes by one-third."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate:

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 27, 2010

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