Sid Miller's file

Republican from Texas

Sid Miller, a former Texas House member, won election as state agriculture commissioner in November 2014.

Sid Miller's website

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Recent statements about Sid Miller

Mostly False

No confirmed release of data

Trey Blocker

Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, February 5th, 2018

Recent statements made by Sid Miller

Half-True

Remove some percentage points

Sid Miller

Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

False

Actor's shirt was plain

Sid Miller

Says actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wore a T-shirt stating: "We Stand for the flag, we kneel for the fallen."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

Half-True

Wusses?

Sid Miller

Texas A&M University - Commerce "offers counseling, safe spaces for students who are afraid of President-elect Trump."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, November 17th, 2016

False

Subtract about 100

Sid Miller

Says that since lawmakers acted, "we have 130 new businesses across Texas doing helicopter hog hunts."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 12th, 2016

Pants on Fire!

Phony to a T

Sid Miller

Says Barack Obama was happily photographed holding a T-shirt with revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s face on it.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, March 25th, 2016

Recent stories featuring Sid Miller

Sid Miller admits to posting false account of Donald Trump removing Muslim judge

Sid Miller concedes he shared a false story about the president firing a judge for practicing Sharia law.

Do Texas restaurants often shortchange on barbecue by the pound? Records suggest not.

Rest easy.

Sid Miller defends unfactual Facebook posts

Sid Miller of Texas stands behind his factually flawed Facebook posts, saying readers can gauge accuracy on their own.

Sid Miller says West Texas towns 'out of water'

A first-year statewide elected official caught our attention by saying West Texas towns are so drought-struck, they're lately trucking in water.

But Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner sworn in this January, had no current-day examples.