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Dan Patrick

Dan Patrick

As a Houston state senator, Dan Patrick won election as lieutenant governor of Texas in November 2014 after earlier defeating incumbent David Dewhurst for his party's nomination. Patrick also has hosted a daily talk show on AM700 in Houston.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Dan Patrick

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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 18, 2021 a TV interview
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 15, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 19, 2021 an interview
"Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats."
False
By Brandon Mulder • August 26, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 6, 2021 a press conference
“Statistics show that more people of color don't have cars than not. So how do (drive-thru voting centers) help those folks?"
False
By Brandon Mulder • April 23, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 6, 2021 a press conference
“Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed."
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • April 9, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 28, 2020 a press conference
Says “the city of Austin is a disaster if you haven’t been there. A great city, now one of the most dangerous cities in America and definitely in Texas.”
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • November 6, 2020
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 24, 2020 an interview
Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.”
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • June 8, 2020
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on March 31, 2020 a briefing
Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 3, 2020
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 8, 2019 a TV interview
Says after the shooting in El Paso, "on Sunday, everyone was going to church in America, praying about this, and the next day when their kids went to school, they weren’t allowed to pray or bring it up."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 19, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 15, 2019 in a television appearance
"We will have more people enter our country illegally than were born in this country in one year."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • June 5, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2019 a press conference
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 23, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2019
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 16, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 20, 2018 an interview on ABC News, "This Week"
"It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 16, 2018 a campaign video
"Last year, I proposed directing more of the education budget to teacher salaries, a move that would have resulted in an average $10,000 raise for teachers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 4, 2018 a Facebook post
Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 13, 2017 a press conference
"Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 8, 2017 an oped commentary in newspapers including the San Antonio Express-News
"When colleges and universities are added, education spending is the biggest item in the state budget — about 52 percent of all state dollars."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 23, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 17, 2017 remarks to reporters
Says Texas tax legislation would "save the average homeowner in Texas $20,000 a year over the next 20 years or so."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 5, 2017 remarks to reporters supporting legislation related to bathroom access
"Martin Luther King said our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 29, 2016 a press release
"Texans pay the sixth-highest property tax in the nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 1, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 17, 2016 a press release titled “Lt. Governor Unveils Faith-Based Initiative on Foster Care Children,”
"Several elected state officials have opened their homes to children in need of loving families."
True
By Bobby Cervantes • October 28, 2016
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Latest Fact-Checks About Dan Patrick

Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 an email blast
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 a video ad
"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin
Dan Patrick said that if women "get paid less than a man for the same job, that that’s not a problem."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention
Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014
Battleground Texas
Battleground Texas
stated on June 10, 2014 an interview on Bloomberg TV
Says Dan Patrick has "called immigration into Texas an invasion" and "said immigrants coming into Texas bring ‘third-world diseases.’"
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview
Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad
Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 a debate over immigration issues with state Sen. Dan Patrick
Up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. They are visa overstayers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad
Dan Patrick "changed his name from Danny Goeb to hide from" his "debts."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014
Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV ad
Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014
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