Latest Fact-checks in Texas Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Howard Dean stated on November 12, 2010 in a KLRU interview: "Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before." Kirk Watson stated on November 15, 2010 in a speech.: Says more than $3.5 billion in state revenue that is supposed to be dedicated to basic needs and functions is being diverted to "make the books look balanced." Todd Staples stated on November 11, 2010 in a Web post.: In "the fall of 2009, only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates enrolled in a four-year public university." Joe Barton stated on August 19, 2010 in a speech.: "Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico. Joe Straus stated on November 12, 2010 in an e-mail: Says the Texas House has "a record number of new members joining our ranks." Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on November 16, 2010 in a statement: On an earmark moratorium. Todd Staples stated on August 31, 2010 in an interview.: "More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined." Joe Barton stated on November 11, 2010 in a speech at The Heritage Foundation.: Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop." Mike Villarreal stated on September 7, 2010 in a press release: Says Gov. Rick Perry's administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids. Art Acevedo stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview.: Texas leads "the country in drunk driving fatalities." Rick Perry stated on November 4, 2010 in on an episode of Fox & Friends: "Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas." Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington": "The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day." John Cornyn stated on November 4, 2010 in a statement: Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world." Rick Perry stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview.: "Social Security is indeed a Ponzi scheme." Kathie Glass stated on October 19, 2010 in a debate.: Says over 25 percent of the Texas budget funds services to non-U.S. citizens. Greg Abbott stated on October 13, 2010 in a campaign television ad: Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general. Rick Perry stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on The Daily Show: "I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems. Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in a book.: Says Washington's reach extends to "even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use." Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington": Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food." Chris Gregoire stated on November 21, 2010 in a statement in a Seattle Times article: Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas." Rick Perry stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview: Says he has a track record of not raising taxes. Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest. Valinda Bolton stated on October 29, 2010 in a mailer: "Paul Workman wants to raise the sales tax." Jason Isaac stated on October 17, 2010 in a TV ad.: Patrick Rose "voted to explore a state income tax." Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview: "Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs." Lloyd Doggett stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer: "Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education" Back to Basics stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad.: Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion." Donna Campbell stated on October 19, 2010 in an ad: Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills. Rick Perry stated on October 13, 2010 in an ad: "More Texans have new jobs today than the entire population of Fort Worth." Bill Flores stated on October 15, 2010 in in a TV interview: On possibly raising the Social Security retirement age.
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Howard Dean stated on November 12, 2010 in a KLRU interview: "Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before." Kirk Watson stated on November 15, 2010 in a speech.: Says more than $3.5 billion in state revenue that is supposed to be dedicated to basic needs and functions is being diverted to "make the books look balanced." Todd Staples stated on November 11, 2010 in a Web post.: In "the fall of 2009, only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates enrolled in a four-year public university." Joe Barton stated on August 19, 2010 in a speech.: "Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico. Joe Straus stated on November 12, 2010 in an e-mail: Says the Texas House has "a record number of new members joining our ranks." Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on November 16, 2010 in a statement: On an earmark moratorium. Todd Staples stated on August 31, 2010 in an interview.: "More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined." Joe Barton stated on November 11, 2010 in a speech at The Heritage Foundation.: Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop." Mike Villarreal stated on September 7, 2010 in a press release: Says Gov. Rick Perry's administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids. Art Acevedo stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview.: Texas leads "the country in drunk driving fatalities." Rick Perry stated on November 4, 2010 in on an episode of Fox & Friends: "Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas." Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington": "The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day." John Cornyn stated on November 4, 2010 in a statement: Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world." Rick Perry stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview.: "Social Security is indeed a Ponzi scheme." Kathie Glass stated on October 19, 2010 in a debate.: Says over 25 percent of the Texas budget funds services to non-U.S. citizens. Greg Abbott stated on October 13, 2010 in a campaign television ad: Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general. Rick Perry stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on The Daily Show: "I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems. Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in a book.: Says Washington's reach extends to "even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use." Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington": Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food." Chris Gregoire stated on November 21, 2010 in a statement in a Seattle Times article: Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas." Rick Perry stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview: Says he has a track record of not raising taxes. Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest. Valinda Bolton stated on October 29, 2010 in a mailer: "Paul Workman wants to raise the sales tax." Jason Isaac stated on October 17, 2010 in a TV ad.: Patrick Rose "voted to explore a state income tax." Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview: "Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs." Lloyd Doggett stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer: "Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education" Back to Basics stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad.: Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion." Donna Campbell stated on October 19, 2010 in an ad: Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills. Rick Perry stated on October 13, 2010 in an ad: "More Texans have new jobs today than the entire population of Fort Worth." Bill Flores stated on October 15, 2010 in in a TV interview: On possibly raising the Social Security retirement age.
Howard Dean stated on November 12, 2010 in a KLRU interview: "Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
Kirk Watson stated on November 15, 2010 in a speech.: Says more than $3.5 billion in state revenue that is supposed to be dedicated to basic needs and functions is being diverted to "make the books look balanced."
Todd Staples stated on November 11, 2010 in a Web post.: In "the fall of 2009, only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates enrolled in a four-year public university."
Joe Barton stated on August 19, 2010 in a speech.: "Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
Joe Straus stated on November 12, 2010 in an e-mail: Says the Texas House has "a record number of new members joining our ranks."
Todd Staples stated on August 31, 2010 in an interview.: "More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."
Joe Barton stated on November 11, 2010 in a speech at The Heritage Foundation.: Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
Mike Villarreal stated on September 7, 2010 in a press release: Says Gov. Rick Perry's administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids.
Art Acevedo stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview.: Texas leads "the country in drunk driving fatalities."
Rick Perry stated on November 4, 2010 in on an episode of Fox & Friends: "Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington": "The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
John Cornyn stated on November 4, 2010 in a statement: Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
Kathie Glass stated on October 19, 2010 in a debate.: Says over 25 percent of the Texas budget funds services to non-U.S. citizens.
Greg Abbott stated on October 13, 2010 in a campaign television ad: Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.
Rick Perry stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on The Daily Show: "I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in a book.: Says Washington's reach extends to "even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use."
Rick Perry stated on November 2, 2010 in Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington": Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
Chris Gregoire stated on November 21, 2010 in a statement in a Seattle Times article: Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas."
Rick Perry stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview: Says he has a track record of not raising taxes.
Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest.
Jason Isaac stated on October 17, 2010 in a TV ad.: Patrick Rose "voted to explore a state income tax."
Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview: "Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs."
Lloyd Doggett stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer: "Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education"
Back to Basics stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad.: Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion."
Donna Campbell stated on October 19, 2010 in an ad: Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills.
Rick Perry stated on October 13, 2010 in an ad: "More Texans have new jobs today than the entire population of Fort Worth."
Bill Flores stated on October 15, 2010 in in a TV interview: On possibly raising the Social Security retirement age.
