Statements we say are Mostly True

Beto O'Rourke

When visa holders exit the United States and enter Mexico, "if they leave through a land port of entry we literally have no clue if they are still here or have returned to their country of origin."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 15th, 2019

Ted Cruz

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

M.J. Hegar

Says U.S. Rep. John Carter "hasn’t held a town hall in five years."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

Beto O'Rourke

Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018

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