Statements we say are Half-True

Greg Abbott

Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 24th, 2016

Paul Saldaña

A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, January 29th, 2016

Wendy Davis

"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

Dan Patrick

Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

Greg Abbott

In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

Gun Free UT Gun Free UT

"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."  

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, November 23rd, 2015

Greenville Gazette

Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, November 6th, 2015

Ted Cruz

"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 28th, 2015

Glenn Hegar

"Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal gov't wants to create a park, they must ask permission!"

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, July 17th, 2015

Doonesbury

Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 19th, 2015

Gina Hinojosa

Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Sharlene Leurig

"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, May 18th, 2015

Sid Miller

Texas agriculture is "at 98 percent efficiency" in water use and "just about maxed out as to what we can do on the conservation end of it."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, May 4th, 2015

Steve Adler

Austin has "gone from being the 24th most congested city just about 10 years ago to being the fourth most congested — more congested than NYC."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

Pete Gallego

"Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time to serve."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Greg Abbott

Dallas "African-American and Hispanic students pass AP exams at a higher rate than any other place in America."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Rick Perry

"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Greg Abbott

"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 20th, 2015

Paul Stekler

Louisiana’s film incentives program is so big "they actually shot an upcoming film initially titled ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ in New Orleans!"

— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, February 7th, 2015

Molly White

The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 6th, 2015