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Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, November 1st, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, October 25th, 2018

Says Beto O'Rourke "voted in favor of a $10 a barrel tax on every barrel of oil produced in the state of Texas."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 19th, 2018

With the Republican-backed tax cut, "we’re seeing the result, and to date, federal tax revenues have gone up."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 19th, 2018

Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.  

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, October 18th, 2018

Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

Says marijuana is "legal in most states in this country."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 5th, 2018

Says that in Texas, "you can be too gay to adopt" a foster child "who needs a loving home."  

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

Says he "did not try to leave the scene of the accident" that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border."  

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, September 13th, 2018

Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."  

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 7th, 2018

Says Texas "high school graduation rates are at all-time highs."  

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 7th, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

"I don’t take a dime of PAC money."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, August 20th, 2018

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, August 16th, 2018