Statements we say are Half-True

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

Rick Perry

Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

John Cornyn

More "than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in America are U.S. citizens."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, January 30th, 2015

Democratic National Committee

Since Rick Perry became governor, "poverty rates in Texas increased from 15.1% to 17.5% — which is higher than the national average."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

Chuck Todd

"There have been some estimates that if you deported everybody who is in Texas illegally," it "would create an economic recession for the state."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, January 9th, 2015

Texas Right to Life

University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

Bryant Gumbel

"A golf course closes somewhere in America every 48 hours."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, December 5th, 2014

Brad Rockwell

Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler opposed an injunction to stop a "company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the Barton Springs aquifer."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, November 21st, 2014

Lloyd Doggett

"The Austin Tea Party and an ultra-conservative millionaire are behind the" campaign against the city’s light-rail proposition.

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Dan Patrick

Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte

Dan Patrick said that if women "get paid less than a man for the same job, that that’s not a problem."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014

Wendy Davis

Greg Abbott "has campaigned with a sexual predator who has bragged about having sex with underage girls."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Wendy Davis

Greg Abbott was "charged with overseeing the state cancer research fund. But he let his wealthiest donors take tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without proper oversight. They showered Abbott with gifts and free vacations."

— PolitiFact Texas on Sunday, August 31st, 2014

Greg Abbott

"The growth rate of women-owned businesses in Texas has nearly doubled that of the nation since President Obama has taken office."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa

"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 8th, 2014

Rick Perry

Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Glenn Beck

Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, July 25th, 2014

Ted Cruz

Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty."

— PolitiFact Texas on Sunday, June 29th, 2014