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PolitiFact Texas Writer

Brandon Mulder writes for PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman.

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Texas GOP
stated on July 20, 2021 in a fundraiser:

“Seventy four thousand... That’s how many mail-in ballots were recently found in Arizona that have NO clear record of being sent in.”

By Brandon Mulder • July 23, 2021
Ted Cruz
stated on July 13, 2021 in an interview:

"There is clear legal authority to handcuff and put in leg irons legislators that are trying to stop the legislature from being able to do business."

By Brandon Mulder • July 16, 2021
Tucker Carlson
stated on June 28, 2021 in a show:

“In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission."

By Brandon Mulder • July 9, 2021
Greg Abbott
stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:

“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."

By Brandon Mulder • July 2, 2021
Matthew Rosendale
stated on June 16, 2021 in a tweet:

The intent behind the bill recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday "is to replace the Fourth of July.”

By Brandon Mulder • June 25, 2021
George P. Bush
stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview:

“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”

By Brandon Mulder • June 21, 2021
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.”

By Brandon Mulder • June 11, 2021
Don Huffines
stated on May 10, 2021 in campaign material:

"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”

By Brandon Mulder • June 4, 2021
Lauren Boebert
stated on May 19, 2021 in an interview:

“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."

By Brandon Mulder • May 25, 2021
Greg Abbott
stated on May 18, 2021 in an interview:

“We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.”

By Brandon Mulder • May 21, 2021