Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Texas Rick Scott stated on August 28, 2024 in a post on X: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” Randi Weingarten stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post: "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.” Brandon Creighton stated on March 19, 2023 in Interview with WFAA: When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.” Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech: "Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor." Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet: Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.” Chip Roy stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: "Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely." Crystal Peoples-Stokes stated on March 29, 2022 in a news release: “Cities in notoriously ‘tough on crime’ states like Texas and Florida saw a more significant increase in violent crime than cities in NYS.” John Cornyn stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.” Greg Casar stated on February 8, 2022 in an ad: “Greg Casar passed paid sick leave." Stacey Abrams stated on January 31, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.” Roger Williams stated on October 28, 2021 in in a speech: "U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030." Dan Patrick stated on October 18, 2021 in a TV interview: Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally." Occupy Democrats stated on September 1, 2021 in on social media: Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.” Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.: Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.” Chip Roy stated on June 3, 2021 in an interview: Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. “Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) ‘Oh, let’s reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.” Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview: "We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.” Gavin Newsom stated on March 9, 2021 in a State of the State Address: “California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.” Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000. Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Wayne Christian stated on January 5, 2021 in a letter: Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040." John Cornyn stated on September 12, 2020 in an advertisement: Says he “strongly supports legalization for Dreamers.” Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.” X posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet: Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters. Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. Occupy Democrats stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.” Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.” Greg Abbott stated on October 10, 2019 in a tweet: "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin." Rick Perry stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech: "The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."
Rick Scott stated on August 28, 2024 in a post on X: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” Randi Weingarten stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post: "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.” Brandon Creighton stated on March 19, 2023 in Interview with WFAA: When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.” Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech: "Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor." Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet: Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.” Chip Roy stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: "Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely." Crystal Peoples-Stokes stated on March 29, 2022 in a news release: “Cities in notoriously ‘tough on crime’ states like Texas and Florida saw a more significant increase in violent crime than cities in NYS.” John Cornyn stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.” Greg Casar stated on February 8, 2022 in an ad: “Greg Casar passed paid sick leave." Stacey Abrams stated on January 31, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.” Roger Williams stated on October 28, 2021 in in a speech: "U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030." Dan Patrick stated on October 18, 2021 in a TV interview: Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally." Occupy Democrats stated on September 1, 2021 in on social media: Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.” Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.: Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.” Chip Roy stated on June 3, 2021 in an interview: Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. “Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) ‘Oh, let’s reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.” Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview: "We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.” Gavin Newsom stated on March 9, 2021 in a State of the State Address: “California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.” Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000. Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Wayne Christian stated on January 5, 2021 in a letter: Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040." John Cornyn stated on September 12, 2020 in an advertisement: Says he “strongly supports legalization for Dreamers.” Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.” X posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet: Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters. Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. Occupy Democrats stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.” Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.” Greg Abbott stated on October 10, 2019 in a tweet: "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin." Rick Perry stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech: "The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."
Rick Scott stated on August 28, 2024 in a post on X: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
Randi Weingarten stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post: "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
Brandon Creighton stated on March 19, 2023 in Interview with WFAA: When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.”
Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech: "Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor."
Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet: Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Chip Roy stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: "Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."
Crystal Peoples-Stokes stated on March 29, 2022 in a news release: “Cities in notoriously ‘tough on crime’ states like Texas and Florida saw a more significant increase in violent crime than cities in NYS.”
John Cornyn stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Stacey Abrams stated on January 31, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”
Roger Williams stated on October 28, 2021 in in a speech: "U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030."
Dan Patrick stated on October 18, 2021 in a TV interview: Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
Occupy Democrats stated on September 1, 2021 in on social media: Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.: Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.”
Chip Roy stated on June 3, 2021 in an interview: Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. “Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) ‘Oh, let’s reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.”
Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview: "We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”
Gavin Newsom stated on March 9, 2021 in a State of the State Address: “California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.”
Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000.
Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.
Wayne Christian stated on January 5, 2021 in a letter: Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040."
John Cornyn stated on September 12, 2020 in an advertisement: Says he “strongly supports legalization for Dreamers.”
Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.”
X posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet: Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters.
Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.
Occupy Democrats stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”
Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.”
Greg Abbott stated on October 10, 2019 in a tweet: "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."
Rick Perry stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech: "The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."
