Statements we say are Mostly True

Beto O'Rourke

"Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, August 16th, 2018

Donna Howard

Says Texas charter schools "get 100% state $/pupil funding while district schools (95% students) get about 1/3 funding from state w/ rest coming from local prop taxes (which is why those taxes are so high). Districts getting less b/c scarce $ going to charters."    

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

Ted Cruz

Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, August 6th, 2018

Omar Rachid

"Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11."    

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 3rd, 2018

Republican Party of Texas

Says a poll showed Democrat Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, July 20th, 2018

Greg Abbott

"In Houston, Texas, there are more brothels than there are Starbucks."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, July 13th, 2018

Jim Spencer

Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

Lupe Valdez

"After Texas cut" its "two-year family planning budget by $73 million, one in four clinics closed their doors."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, June 14th, 2018

Lupe Valdez

"One in six Texans don’t have health care. We’re the most uninsured state in the U.S."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Greg Casar

Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Andrew White

Says Cecile Richards recently said there’s room in "her movement" for people who personally believe abortion is wrong.

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

Lupe Valdez

"I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

Steve Adler

Says Austin is the "safest big city in Texas with an unemployment rate under 3% that has been named the best place to live in the entire United States two years running."    

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, April 26th, 2018

Jose Carrillo

"Just in the Austin MSA alone, 150 people move here every day."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Michael McCaul

"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, March 30th, 2018

Andrew White

Says Texas schools are ranked "43rd in the nation."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, January 25th, 2018

Julián Castro

Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.    

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, January 10th, 2018

Jerry Patterson

Says the Texas General Land Office led by George P. Bush has repaired just two homes since Hurricane Harvey.

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, December 21st, 2017

Ted Cruz

"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, November 10th, 2017

Colin Jost

"There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 13th, 2017