Latest Fact-Checks By Sue Owen

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Ted Lyon
Ted Lyon
stated on July 31, 2012 in an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says most Texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.
False
By Sue Owen • August 29, 2012
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on August 1, 2012 in a speech to the Austin-Oak Hill Rotary Club:
Says the top 20 percent of income earners pay nearly 70 percent of all federal taxes.
True
By Sue Owen • August 27, 2012
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on August 1, 2012 in :
Says Texas is 1st in business climate, 49th in education.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 17, 2012
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on August 1, 2012 in in her New York Times column:
Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching "critical thinking" in public schools.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 11, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 27, 2012 in her speech at a rally for Ted Cruz in The Woodlands:
Says 1 in 7 American families is on food stamps.
True
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nation’s top-performing local economy.
True
By Sue Owen • August 1, 2012
Wes Riddle
Wes Riddle
stated on May 16, 2012 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. is giving seven Alaskan islands to Russia.
False
By Sue Owen • July 27, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 23, 2012 in a Republican U.S. Senate debate in Houston:
Says David Dewhurst "explicitly advocated" a guest worker program for all illegal immigrants.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2012
Adan Ballesteros
Adan Ballesteros
stated on July 14, 2012 in a political flier:
Says Michael Cargill was "arrested and incarcerated in Bell County."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 24, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on June 26, 2012 in a debate of Democratic primary runoff candidates for U.S. Senate in Dallas:
Says federal debt "doubled during the Bush administration."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 19, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 9, 2012 in his keynote address at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
Says if labor force participation rate were the same as when Barack Obama became president, unemployment would be 11 percent.
True
By Sue Owen • July 17, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on July 10, 2012 in a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.:
Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says cuts by Gov. Rick Perry's administration left "12,000 teachers without a job."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • July 6, 2012
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 9, 2012 in her speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says because of Texas lawmakers’ choices, "hundreds of thousands of women no longer have access to basic medical care, life-saving cancer screenings and contraception."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • June 27, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 in his speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says under Mitt Romney, Massachusetts was 47th in job creation.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • June 13, 2012
Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC
Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC
stated on May 24, 2012 in a PAC website.:
Says Jeff Wentworth, bending the rules, "has used $211,743.96 in campaign contributions to lease luxury cars."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • June 11, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on June 8, 2012 in remarks to Hispanic Caucus at Texas Democratic Party convention in Houston.:
Says Democratic runoff opponent Grady Yarbrough twice previously ran statewide as a Republican.
True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Conservative Voters of Texas PAC
Conservative Voters of Texas PAC
stated on May 25, 2012 in whylarrywhy.com:
Says Larry Taylor gave "in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on April 24, 2012 in the Central Texas Democratic Forum:
Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born.
False
By Sue Owen • May 23, 2012
Dominic Chavez
Dominic Chavez
stated on March 30, 2012 in a campaign video:
Says since 2000, Austin’s "tax burden" rose more than 40 percent while family income rose more than 20 percent.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • May 11, 2012
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