Taylor Goldenstein

Taylor Goldenstein

Austin Bureau Reporter

Taylor Goldenstein is a political reporter for the Houston Chronicle in their Austin bureau.

Taylor.Goldenstein@chron.com

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Allen West
Allen West
stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."
False
By Taylor Goldenstein • March 26, 2021
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on June 11, 2020 in an interview:
The United States has not completed a “top-to-bottom review of our criminal justice system at the national level since 1965.”
True
By Taylor Goldenstein • July 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“A declaration of disaster, has been issued for the state of Texas. House Bill 1177 Allows any Texan who can legally own a firearm to carry their handgun, open or concealed, for a full week after a state or natural disaster is declared.”
Mostly False
By Taylor Goldenstein • June 5, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 5, 2020 in a press conference:
“Almost 75 percent of the deaths from COVID-19 in the state of Texas are a result of people contracting COVID-19 who are age 65 and older.”
Mostly True
By Taylor Goldenstein • May 21, 2020
Chris Salcedo
Chris Salcedo
stated on December 5, 2019 in a radio interview:
Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.
False
By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on May 22, 2019 in the Texas Senate:
"A study was done, a post-mortem, so a retrospective study done, looking at autopsies and drug levels, what drugs were in the blood of veterans that committed suicide, and 70 percent had THC."
Pants on Fire!
By Taylor Goldenstein • July 15, 2019
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