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Leticia Van de Putte

Leticia Van de Putte

Leticia Van de Putte, a pharmacist, was the 2014 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. She previously served in the Texas House.

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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 September 29, 2014 a debate:
The state-hired company that evaluates state-mandated student exams "goes on Craigslist to get examiners to read our students’ essays."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on August 29, 2014 a press release:
"Our men and women of the Guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 19, 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
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
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 14, 2013 an opinion article :
Says residents of Texas and San Antonio can be fired or denied jobs because they are gay.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 17, 2013 an opinion column.:
Says Texas high school graduates must pass Algebra II to be eligible for automatic admission to state's public universities.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 21, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 1, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.:
Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on February 16, 2011 a press release:
"Since 1980, over 145 incidents have been documented of suction entrapment in swimming pools and spas, including 36 deaths of children."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 23, 2011
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on January 25, 2011 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate:
"Ten retired nuns were barred from voting in the 2008 Indiana Democratic primary."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 5, 2011
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
Says Bill White's program to bring dropouts back to school was "so successful that almost every city in our state has replicated" it.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 27, 2010
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Latest Fact-Checks About Leticia Van de Putte

Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 a TV ad, "Better Schools":
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad:
Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin:
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
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