At a 2011 Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Mitt Romney made a $100,000 claim about the Texas tuition law approved by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
A fresh untruth about tuition for undocumented students
We've posted our review of a fresh claim that a Republican legislator gave in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.
Our look at this claim -- which caught fire -- reminded us we'd previously explored misconceptions about the Texas tuition law.
A scorecard separating fact from fiction
Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."
Says Larry Taylor gave "in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."
Says Paul Workman authored legislation providing amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case."
Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born.
Says the majority of candidates in Texas’ 25th Congressional District live outside the district.
Says "over 40 percent of recent county bonds are for Precinct One, northeast Travis County," because he "is quick to identify projects that help make the East Side a desirable place to live."
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are negotiating with the United Nations about doing a treaty that will ban the use of firearms."
Says he represents or has represented about half the San Antonio-rooted district in which he seeks election.
"Tom Leppert pledged to make Dallas a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants."
Says Lee Leffingwell "raised property taxes 20 percent in three years."
Says since 2000, Austin’s "tax burden" rose more than 40 percent while family income rose more than 20 percent.
Says challenger Dominic Chavez is a "Rick Perry Republican" lobbyist.
Says no Austin City Council "member lives south of" Lady Bird Lake "or north of 45th Street."
Says Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley reduces 36 percent of felonies to misdemeanors and hands them off to her.
Says "Austin has the lowest property tax rate by far of the five major cities in Texas."
Says the Department of Homeland Security has ordered "enough rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to kill every man, woman and child in the United States," possibly to combat "massive civil unrest" or "an invasion by a foreign power."
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— Crossroads GPS
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
— Barack Obama-
Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years."
— Facebook posts
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."
— Mitt Romney
On President Barack Obama’s stimulus
— Mitt Romney
