Absolute statements and the Texas Truth-O-Meter
By W. Gardner Selby
Published on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 at 10:08 a.m.
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We rated Mostly False Greg Abbott's absolute claim about problems with the Texas voter ID law.
In an Associated Press interview, Greg Abbott said the Texas voter ID law had resulted in "no problems whatsoever" in the run-up to the November elections.
Mostly False, we concluded, noting that while Abbott's claim had an element of truth in that there weren't many problems reported, there were still a few. Most memorably, perhaps, former House Speaker Jim Wright ran a gauntlet before receiving an ID card enabling him to go to the polls.
Read the full article to the right, where we're also stacking some other recent checks of claims with an "absolute" quality.
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See Truth-O-Meter articles.
Researchers: W. Gardner Selby
Names in this article: Greg Abbott
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