Latest Fact-checks on Rick Perry Rick Perry stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech: "The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions." Rick Perry stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing: France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power." Rick Perry stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview: "Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in." Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2016 in Radio interview: "Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years." Rick Perry stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system. Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent." Rick Perry stated on July 2, 2015 in a speech at the National Press Club: "Texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his declaration for president: "Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs." Rick Perry stated on May 7, 2015 in a visit to Deerfield, NH: "The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia." Rick Perry stated on May 16, 2015 in a speech in Iowa: "One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps." Rick Perry stated on May 5, 2015 in an oped column: On reauthorization of Export-Import Bank. Rick Perry stated on April 7, 2015 in an interview with the Texas Tribune: On in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants. Rick Perry stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech: "Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’" Rick Perry stated on February 27, 2015 in a web ad: "At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me." Rick Perry stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech.: "America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world." Rick Perry stated on February 11, 2015 in a statement: "Obama has chosen to deny the vicious anti-Semitic motivation of the attack on a kosher Jewish grocery in Paris." Rick Perry stated on February 5, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.: "When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent." Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature: Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders. Rick Perry stated on January 26, 2015 in a breakfast talk in Iowa: The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored." Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature: Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs." Rick Perry stated on January 9, 2015 in Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation: "I belong to the AFL-CIO." Rick Perry stated on August 8, 2014 in speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth: Congress is "on a five-week vacation." Rick Perry stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria." Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico. Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years. Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border." Rick Perry stated on May 19, 2014 in a letter to President Barack Obama: Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."
Rick Perry stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech: "The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions." Rick Perry stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing: France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power." Rick Perry stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview: "Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in." Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2016 in Radio interview: "Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years." Rick Perry stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system. Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent." Rick Perry stated on July 2, 2015 in a speech at the National Press Club: "Texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his declaration for president: "Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs." Rick Perry stated on May 7, 2015 in a visit to Deerfield, NH: "The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia." Rick Perry stated on May 16, 2015 in a speech in Iowa: "One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps." Rick Perry stated on May 5, 2015 in an oped column: On reauthorization of Export-Import Bank. Rick Perry stated on April 7, 2015 in an interview with the Texas Tribune: On in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants. Rick Perry stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech: "Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’" Rick Perry stated on February 27, 2015 in a web ad: "At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me." Rick Perry stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech.: "America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world." Rick Perry stated on February 11, 2015 in a statement: "Obama has chosen to deny the vicious anti-Semitic motivation of the attack on a kosher Jewish grocery in Paris." Rick Perry stated on February 5, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.: "When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent." Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature: Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders. Rick Perry stated on January 26, 2015 in a breakfast talk in Iowa: The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored." Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature: Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs." Rick Perry stated on January 9, 2015 in Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation: "I belong to the AFL-CIO." Rick Perry stated on August 8, 2014 in speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth: Congress is "on a five-week vacation." Rick Perry stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria." Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico. Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years. Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border." Rick Perry stated on May 19, 2014 in a letter to President Barack Obama: Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."
Rick Perry stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech: "The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."
Rick Perry stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing: France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."
Rick Perry stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview: "Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."
Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2016 in Radio interview: "Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
Rick Perry stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system.
Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent."
Rick Perry stated on July 2, 2015 in a speech at the National Press Club: "Texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013."
Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his declaration for president: "Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics."
Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."
Rick Perry stated on May 7, 2015 in a visit to Deerfield, NH: "The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia."
Rick Perry stated on May 16, 2015 in a speech in Iowa: "One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
Rick Perry stated on April 7, 2015 in an interview with the Texas Tribune: On in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.
Rick Perry stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech: "Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’"
Rick Perry stated on February 27, 2015 in a web ad: "At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
Rick Perry stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech.: "America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world."
Rick Perry stated on February 11, 2015 in a statement: "Obama has chosen to deny the vicious anti-Semitic motivation of the attack on a kosher Jewish grocery in Paris."
Rick Perry stated on February 5, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.: "When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."
Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature: Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.
Rick Perry stated on January 26, 2015 in a breakfast talk in Iowa: The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."
Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature: Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs."
Rick Perry stated on January 9, 2015 in Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation: "I belong to the AFL-CIO."
Rick Perry stated on August 8, 2014 in speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth: Congress is "on a five-week vacation."
Rick Perry stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria."
Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations."
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border."
Rick Perry stated on May 19, 2014 in a letter to President Barack Obama: Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."
