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Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay, a former members of the U.S. House and Texas House, is a former House majority leader. He resigned his seat in June 2006. In 2010, a Travis County jury convicted him of laundering corporate donations to help Texas House candidates in 2002, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the convictions Oct. 1, 2014.

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Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on September 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC:
Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."
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By Dylan Baddour • September 28, 2016
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on August 31, 2014 an interview on "State of the Union":
The prosecutor who brought the indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry "has ties to Obama. He has ties to the Democrats."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 31, 2014
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 an interview.:
Says Travis County, home to Austin, is the most liberal county in the United States.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 16, 2011
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 an interview.:
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2011
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