Latest Fact-checks on Ken Paxton 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 Ken Paxton stated on August 7, 2021 in an interview: The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S. Ken Paxton stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.” Ken Paxton stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace." Ken Paxton stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides." Ken Paxton stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release: "President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship." Ken Paxton stated on June 16, 2017 in a press release: Says Barack Obama "acknowledged over 20 times" that his administration’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans "immigration edict was a violation of law and the separation of powers." Ken Paxton stated on February 5, 2016 in press release: "Statistics show 2 to 3 Texas women per week have major complications and 10 women per week seek help at an ER after an abortion." Ken Paxton stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention: "At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s." Ken Paxton stated on May 11, 2014 in a news story: Dan Branch "once lobbied for the AFL-CIO." Ken Paxton stated on January 24, 2014 in a radio interview: Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
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Ken Paxton stated on August 7, 2021 in an interview: The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S. Ken Paxton stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.” Ken Paxton stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace." Ken Paxton stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides." Ken Paxton stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release: "President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship." Ken Paxton stated on June 16, 2017 in a press release: Says Barack Obama "acknowledged over 20 times" that his administration’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans "immigration edict was a violation of law and the separation of powers." Ken Paxton stated on February 5, 2016 in press release: "Statistics show 2 to 3 Texas women per week have major complications and 10 women per week seek help at an ER after an abortion." Ken Paxton stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention: "At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s." Ken Paxton stated on May 11, 2014 in a news story: Dan Branch "once lobbied for the AFL-CIO." Ken Paxton stated on January 24, 2014 in a radio interview: Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
Ken Paxton stated on August 7, 2021 in an interview: The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S.
Ken Paxton stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.”
Ken Paxton stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."
Ken Paxton stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."
Ken Paxton stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release: "President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."
Ken Paxton stated on June 16, 2017 in a press release: Says Barack Obama "acknowledged over 20 times" that his administration’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans "immigration edict was a violation of law and the separation of powers."
Ken Paxton stated on February 5, 2016 in press release: "Statistics show 2 to 3 Texas women per week have major complications and 10 women per week seek help at an ER after an abortion."
Ken Paxton stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention: "At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s."
Ken Paxton stated on January 24, 2014 in a radio interview: Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."