Latest Fact-checks by Madlin Mekelburg 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 Michael Burgess stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet: “In the last 10 years less than half of adults in the U.S. received a flu shot.” Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.” George P. Bush stated on August 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says a video shared to his social media shows vehicles with broken windows in a parking garage used by state agencies in Texas on “the same night the City of Austin voted to cut $150 million” from the police department.” Gene Wu stated on August 7, 2020 in an interview: Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.” M.J. Hegar stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.” John Cornyn stated on July 9, 2020 in an interview: Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.” Lloyd Doggett stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.” Dan Patrick stated on May 24, 2020 in an interview: Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.” X posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet: Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters. Chip Roy stated on May 6, 2020 in an interview: Says Wisconsin has not had a spike in coronavirus cases that was “statistically significant related to the fact that they had voting.” Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. Veronica Escobar stated on April 22, 2020 in an interview: Says Texas “either is near the bottom or at the very bottom when it comes to testing per capita.” Louie Gohmert stated on April 7, 2020 in an interview: Says a powder has been developed that, when mixed with water, “is being used in Germany as a mist. Health care workers go through a misting tent going into the hospital and it kills the coronavirus completely dead not only right then, but any time in the next 14 days that the virus touches anything that’s been sprayed, it is killed.” Dan Patrick stated on March 31, 2020 in a briefing: Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country." John Cornyn stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.” Dan Crenshaw stated on March 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus. Conservative-Daily stated on March 4, 2020 in a post: Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.” Hillary Clinton stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview: Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.” Charlie Kirk stated on February 24, 2020 in a tweet: “Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of coronavirus.” Ted Cruz stated on February 24, 2020 in a speech: Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.” Michael Bloomberg stated on February 13, 2020 in a rally: Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.” Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress." Henry Cisneros stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting: Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.” James White stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet: Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." Greg Abbott stated on January 7, 2020 in a press gaggle: The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate." Elizabeth Warren stated on January 4, 2020 in a speech: "We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester." Gene Wu stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet: "About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years." Michael McCaul stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet: "80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year." Rick Range stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: "George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo." Ted Cruz stated on December 8, 2019 in a TV interview: "Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
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Michael Burgess stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet: “In the last 10 years less than half of adults in the U.S. received a flu shot.” Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.” George P. Bush stated on August 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says a video shared to his social media shows vehicles with broken windows in a parking garage used by state agencies in Texas on “the same night the City of Austin voted to cut $150 million” from the police department.” Gene Wu stated on August 7, 2020 in an interview: Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.” M.J. Hegar stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.” John Cornyn stated on July 9, 2020 in an interview: Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.” Lloyd Doggett stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.” Dan Patrick stated on May 24, 2020 in an interview: Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.” X posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet: Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters. Chip Roy stated on May 6, 2020 in an interview: Says Wisconsin has not had a spike in coronavirus cases that was “statistically significant related to the fact that they had voting.” Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. Veronica Escobar stated on April 22, 2020 in an interview: Says Texas “either is near the bottom or at the very bottom when it comes to testing per capita.” Louie Gohmert stated on April 7, 2020 in an interview: Says a powder has been developed that, when mixed with water, “is being used in Germany as a mist. Health care workers go through a misting tent going into the hospital and it kills the coronavirus completely dead not only right then, but any time in the next 14 days that the virus touches anything that’s been sprayed, it is killed.” Dan Patrick stated on March 31, 2020 in a briefing: Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country." John Cornyn stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.” Dan Crenshaw stated on March 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus. Conservative-Daily stated on March 4, 2020 in a post: Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.” Hillary Clinton stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview: Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.” Charlie Kirk stated on February 24, 2020 in a tweet: “Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of coronavirus.” Ted Cruz stated on February 24, 2020 in a speech: Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.” Michael Bloomberg stated on February 13, 2020 in a rally: Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.” Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress." Henry Cisneros stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting: Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.” James White stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet: Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." Greg Abbott stated on January 7, 2020 in a press gaggle: The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate." Elizabeth Warren stated on January 4, 2020 in a speech: "We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester." Gene Wu stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet: "About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years." Michael McCaul stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet: "80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year." Rick Range stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: "George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo." Ted Cruz stated on December 8, 2019 in a TV interview: "Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
Michael Burgess stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet: “In the last 10 years less than half of adults in the U.S. received a flu shot.”
Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.”
George P. Bush stated on August 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says a video shared to his social media shows vehicles with broken windows in a parking garage used by state agencies in Texas on “the same night the City of Austin voted to cut $150 million” from the police department.”
Gene Wu stated on August 7, 2020 in an interview: Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.”
M.J. Hegar stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.”
John Cornyn stated on July 9, 2020 in an interview: Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.”
Lloyd Doggett stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.”
Dan Patrick stated on May 24, 2020 in an interview: Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.”
X posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet: Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters.
Chip Roy stated on May 6, 2020 in an interview: Says Wisconsin has not had a spike in coronavirus cases that was “statistically significant related to the fact that they had voting.”
Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.
Veronica Escobar stated on April 22, 2020 in an interview: Says Texas “either is near the bottom or at the very bottom when it comes to testing per capita.”
Louie Gohmert stated on April 7, 2020 in an interview: Says a powder has been developed that, when mixed with water, “is being used in Germany as a mist. Health care workers go through a misting tent going into the hospital and it kills the coronavirus completely dead not only right then, but any time in the next 14 days that the virus touches anything that’s been sprayed, it is killed.”
Dan Patrick stated on March 31, 2020 in a briefing: Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country."
John Cornyn stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.”
Dan Crenshaw stated on March 13, 2020 in a tweet: Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus.
Conservative-Daily stated on March 4, 2020 in a post: Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.”
Hillary Clinton stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview: Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.”
Charlie Kirk stated on February 24, 2020 in a tweet: “Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of coronavirus.”
Ted Cruz stated on February 24, 2020 in a speech: Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”
Michael Bloomberg stated on February 13, 2020 in a rally: Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."
Henry Cisneros stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting: Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”
Greg Abbott stated on January 7, 2020 in a press gaggle: The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate."
Elizabeth Warren stated on January 4, 2020 in a speech: "We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."
Gene Wu stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet: "About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years."
Michael McCaul stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet: "80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year."
Rick Range stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: "George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo."
Ted Cruz stated on December 8, 2019 in a TV interview: "Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
