Statements we say are Mostly False
Says Texas Senate hopeful Donna Campbell doesn’t live in the district she’s hoping to win in 2012.
Says El Paso was named America’s "Safest Large City" a year after San Antonio, Houston and Dallas had the nation’s highest crime rates.
Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare."
Says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done "in the private sector, it would be called criminal."
Says Barack Obama’s "favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent."
Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."
"Rick Perry ended full-day Pre-K for 100,000 Texas children."
"Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."
Says stores will be barred from selling 100-watt light bulbs as of 2012.
Says $6 billion projected to accumulate in the state’s rainy day fund is already used.
Says President Barack Obama’s overturning of the Mexico City Policy means federal tax dollars can be used "to fund abortion all over the world."
"Under Randi Shade," Austin has "had the highest cost of living of any large Texas city."
"Every time you buy an airline ticket, the federal government runs a background check on you."
Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.
Says one of Austin City Council Member Randi Shade’s biggest contributors is the lobbyist for the Formula 1 racetrack planned outside Austin.
"43,000 people are going to be kicked out of nursing homes or denied nursing home entrance" if the Texas House version of the state budget passes into law.
"Fifty percent of our students who enter higher education need to take remedial courses because they are not prepared for college-level work."
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