Greg Abbott
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“I will hand over to the federal government more than 50 miles of constructed border wall and 100 miles of easements to build more walls.”
promise·2025-02-13·1 source·pending
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“Texas is owed $11 billion to compensate for money spent on Operation Lone Star.”
self record·2025-02-13· - Mixed
“Our border security efforts have reduced illegal crossings into Texas by more than 85%.”
self record·2025-02-02·by Polithread analysis · 2 evidence - Unrated
“Operation Lone Star has been so successful the Trump Administration is using it as a model to secure the border.”
self record·2025-02-02·1 source·pending
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“I have ordered Texas state agencies to assist the Trump Administration with arresting, jailing, and deporting illegal immigrants.”
self record·2025-02-02· - Mixed
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
other·2023-04-05·1 source·by PolitiFact · 3 evidence
- Mixed
“Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I have been governor.”
self record·2023-02-16· - Mixed
“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.”
other·2022-08-31·1 source·by PolitiFact · 3 evidence
- Mixed
“Chicago and LA and New York disprove the thesis that tougher gun laws solve gun violence.”
other·2022-05-25·1 source·by PolitiFact · 3 evidence
- True
“Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.”
self record·2022-05-15· - Mixed
“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”
other·2021-03-03· - False
“Winston Churchill said: "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."”
other·2018-08-07·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - True
“Texas ranks among the nation's top five states for its high school graduation rate.”
self record·2018-02-19·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - False
“The Texas unemployment rate is now the lowest it's been in 40 years and Texas led the nation last month in new job creation.”
self record·2017-11-15· - False
“Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told players: "Stand for the Anthem or you're off team."”
other·2017-08-01·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - Mixed
“More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state.”
self record·2017-07-14·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - False
“Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes.”
other·2017-05-07·1 source·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence
- False
“Travis County sheriff violates oath by refusing to enforce 8 USC 1373 and not giving ICE info about drug cartels and armed robbers.”
other·2017-02-06· - Mixed
“Midland, Texas, now beats the San Francisco area in the percentage of jobs created by startups.”
self record·2017-01-31· - False
“An arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns.”
other·2016-12-13·