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PolitiFact Texas Reporter

Nusaiba Mizan was a journalist at the Austin American-Statesman who wrote fact-checks for PolitiFact Texas.

Featured Statements

Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet:

"Energy costs are the highest in 15 years."

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 16, 2023
Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet:

Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet:

"Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984."

By Nusaiba Mizan • January 19, 2023
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event:

Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"FEC charges (Beto O'Rourke's 2018 campaign) Illegal Campaign Contributions."

By Nusaiba Mizan • September 8, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 27, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"Under Abbott, Texas leads the nation in rape offenses while the rate of arrests for rape has fallen by nearly half."

By Nusaiba Mizan • August 9, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet:

"38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore."

By Nusaiba Mizan • July 21, 2022
Greg Abbott
stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet:

Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.

By Nusaiba Mizan • July 14, 2022
Ted Cruz
stated on June 4, 2022 in a tweet:

"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."

By Nusaiba Mizan • June 21, 2022
X posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in un tuit:

ICE está en Uvalde, Texas, “entonces los padres indocumentados tienen que temer la deportación antes de verificar si sus hijos están vivos".

By Nusaiba Mizan • May 26, 2022