Latest Fact-checksRick Perry Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president. Jose Rodriguez stated on September 9, 2011 in a press release.: 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. Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2011 in a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.: Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change. Mitt Romney stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.: Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years. Ron Paul stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.: Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office. Keep Conservatives United stated on September 1, 2011 in an online video ad.: Says Rick Perry is "spending more money than the state takes in, covering his deficits with record borrowing." Ron Paul stated on September 7, 2011 in a presidential debate: Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare." Rick Santorum stated on September 1, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.: Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants." Keep Conservatives United stated on September 1, 2011 in a video advertisement.: Says "Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade." Jim Hightower stated on September 6, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry and the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature "managed to slash the budget of the volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in the last legislative session," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires. Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional." Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa: "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 17, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph.': Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school." Ron Paul stated on August 10, 2011 in an Iowa campaign stop.: Rick Perry "was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago." Debra Medina stated on January 14, 2010 in the Republican gubernatorial debate in Denton: "Governor (Perry), you were a Democrat, having worked for Al Gore as his campaign manager..." Margaret Carlson stated on August 9, 2011 in a politics column.: Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax." Mike Villarreal stated on August 6, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.: Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent." Arne Duncan stated on August 18, 2011 in an interview.: Says Texas schools have had "massive increases" in class sizes with Rick Perry as governor. Martin Frost stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO": Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union." Lloyd Doggett stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with ABC TV.: "Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas" which is "tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States." Ted Nugent stated on June 1, 2011 in an oped column.: Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections." Doug Otto stated on March 22, 2011 in a radio interview.: Says Rick Perry said there’s an administrator for every teacher in Texas public schools. Jay Carney stated on May 10, 2011 in a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.: Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso. Steve Ogden stated on May 4, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Rick Perry "advocated to liquidate" the state’s rainy day fund in 2007. Paul Krugman stated on February 28, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says taxes paid by the poorest residents of Texas are above the national average. Andy Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a web post.: Says nobody in higher education believes Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to "serve up $10,000 college degrees" is possible. Paul Krugman stated on January 6, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels." Chris Gregoire stated on November 21, 2010 in a statement in a Seattle Times article: Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas." Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest.
Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president. Jose Rodriguez stated on September 9, 2011 in a press release.: 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. Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2011 in a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.: Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change. Mitt Romney stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.: Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years. Ron Paul stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.: Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office. Keep Conservatives United stated on September 1, 2011 in an online video ad.: Says Rick Perry is "spending more money than the state takes in, covering his deficits with record borrowing." Ron Paul stated on September 7, 2011 in a presidential debate: Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare." Rick Santorum stated on September 1, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.: Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants." Keep Conservatives United stated on September 1, 2011 in a video advertisement.: Says "Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade." Jim Hightower stated on September 6, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry and the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature "managed to slash the budget of the volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in the last legislative session," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires. Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional." Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa: "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 17, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph.': Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school." Ron Paul stated on August 10, 2011 in an Iowa campaign stop.: Rick Perry "was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago." Debra Medina stated on January 14, 2010 in the Republican gubernatorial debate in Denton: "Governor (Perry), you were a Democrat, having worked for Al Gore as his campaign manager..." Margaret Carlson stated on August 9, 2011 in a politics column.: Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax." Mike Villarreal stated on August 6, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.: Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent." Arne Duncan stated on August 18, 2011 in an interview.: Says Texas schools have had "massive increases" in class sizes with Rick Perry as governor. Martin Frost stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO": Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union." Lloyd Doggett stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with ABC TV.: "Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas" which is "tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States." Ted Nugent stated on June 1, 2011 in an oped column.: Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections." Doug Otto stated on March 22, 2011 in a radio interview.: Says Rick Perry said there’s an administrator for every teacher in Texas public schools. Jay Carney stated on May 10, 2011 in a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.: Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso. Steve Ogden stated on May 4, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Rick Perry "advocated to liquidate" the state’s rainy day fund in 2007. Paul Krugman stated on February 28, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says taxes paid by the poorest residents of Texas are above the national average. Andy Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a web post.: Says nobody in higher education believes Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to "serve up $10,000 college degrees" is possible. Paul Krugman stated on January 6, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels." Chris Gregoire stated on November 21, 2010 in a statement in a Seattle Times article: Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas." Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest.
Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.
Jose Rodriguez stated on September 9, 2011 in a press release.: 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.
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2011 in a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.: Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
Mitt Romney stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.: Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years.
Ron Paul stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.: Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office.
Keep Conservatives United stated on September 1, 2011 in an online video ad.: Says Rick Perry is "spending more money than the state takes in, covering his deficits with record borrowing."
Ron Paul stated on September 7, 2011 in a presidential debate: Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare."
Rick Santorum stated on September 1, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.: Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."
Keep Conservatives United stated on September 1, 2011 in a video advertisement.: Says "Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade."
Jim Hightower stated on September 6, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry and the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature "managed to slash the budget of the volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in the last legislative session," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires.
Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional."
Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa: "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure."
New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 17, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph.': Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school."
Ron Paul stated on August 10, 2011 in an Iowa campaign stop.: Rick Perry "was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago."
Debra Medina stated on January 14, 2010 in the Republican gubernatorial debate in Denton: "Governor (Perry), you were a Democrat, having worked for Al Gore as his campaign manager..."
Margaret Carlson stated on August 9, 2011 in a politics column.: Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Mike Villarreal stated on August 6, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.: Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent."
Arne Duncan stated on August 18, 2011 in an interview.: Says Texas schools have had "massive increases" in class sizes with Rick Perry as governor.
Martin Frost stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO": Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."
Lloyd Doggett stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with ABC TV.: "Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas" which is "tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States."
Ted Nugent stated on June 1, 2011 in an oped column.: Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections."
Doug Otto stated on March 22, 2011 in a radio interview.: Says Rick Perry said there’s an administrator for every teacher in Texas public schools.
Jay Carney stated on May 10, 2011 in a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.: Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso.
Steve Ogden stated on May 4, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Rick Perry "advocated to liquidate" the state’s rainy day fund in 2007.
Paul Krugman stated on February 28, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says taxes paid by the poorest residents of Texas are above the national average.
Andy Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a web post.: Says nobody in higher education believes Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to "serve up $10,000 college degrees" is possible.
Paul Krugman stated on January 6, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels."
Chris Gregoire stated on November 21, 2010 in a statement in a Seattle Times article: Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas."
Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest.