Quantcast
Channel: Politifact.com: Statements from Rick Perry
Browsing all 57 articles
Browse latest View live

Rick Perry: Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rick Perry says there’s no proven instance of groundwater polluted by fracking br> Before he suspended his candidacy for president, Texas Gov. Rick Perry gave a...

View Article



Rick Perry: "A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rick Perry says Texas has regained all the jobs it lost during recession while the nation has regained 36 percent br> Looking forward, Dallas Morning News...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Rick Perry says that in 2010, nearly 80% of women served in Women's Health Program received services from non-Planned Parenthood clinic br> Gov. Rick Perry has...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.

The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Rick Perry says photo ID required to purchase Sudafed in Texas br> Defending the blocked Texas law requiring voters to present photo IDs at the polls, Gov. Rick Perry...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says Barack Obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf as president.

The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Rick Perry says Obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf br> Texas Gov. Rick Perry warmed up delegates to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth on...

View Article


Rick Perry: Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Rick Perry says Obama has provided guns to Mexican drug cartels br> Addressing the Republican Party of Texas convention, Gov. Rick Perry said the country erred in...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says Barack Obama has added $16 trillion to the national debt.

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | UPDATED: Rick Perry says Obama has added $16 trillion to federal debt br> Clarification, 5:34 p.m., Oct. 2, 2012: A reader alerted us to an error in the original...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in...

The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Rick Perry says less than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years, only 58 percent in six years br> Rick Perry, who has said he wants the 2013...

View Article


Rick Perry: Says Texas public school funding grew three times the rate of...

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Rick Perry says Texas education spending increased a phenomenal 70 percent as enrollment escalated 23 percent br> Asked about restoring public education aid, Gov....

View Article


Rick Perry: Says Texas high school "graduation rates are at an all-time...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rick Perry says Texas has third-highest high school graduation rates, a "significant turnaround" br> Gov. Rick Perry said state leaders have worked hard to...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more...

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Rick Perry says Houston is home to the most doctors, nurses and researchers in the world br> Protesters interrupted Gov. Rick Perry at a Washington, D.C. event by...

View Article

Rick Perry: "Only three in 10 Texas doctors are currently accepting new...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Rick Perry says only three in 10 Texas physicians accept new Medicaid patients br> Saying Medicaid is a broken system that should not be expanded in Texas,...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rick Perry says Obama called Medicaid “broken” four years ago br>"If you don’t believe me that Medicaid is broken, just ask our president," Texas Gov. Rick...

View Article


Rick Perry: Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Rick Perry says he awaits answer from Barack Obama to August 2010 letter on border security br> Gov. Rick Perry says his 2010 plea to President Barack Obama...

View Article

Rick Perry: "Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net...

The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Rick Perry says Texas accounted for 33 percent of nation's net job gains over the past decade br> In a May 9, 2013, advertisement, Gov. Rick Perry offered President...

View Article


Rick Perry: Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn’t secede over it br> As the Texas-headquartered Boy Scouts of America moved closer to a vote on...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Rick Perry says 13 Texas universities have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree br> Texas’ governor threw out a challenge in 2011 that some in higher...

View Article


Rick Perry: Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to...

The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Rick Perry says law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas when purchasing goods br> In vetoing House Bill 535, a measure...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says New York has ‘bureaucrats telling you whether you can...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Rick Perry says New York has ‘bureaucrats telling you whether you can even drink a Big Gulp’ br> Before Gov. Rick Perry took off for New York in hopes of...

View Article

Rick Perry: Says the 2014-15 Texas budget increases spending by less than the...

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rick Perry says the 2014-15 Texas budget increases spending by less than the rate of inflation and population growth. br> Texas would go the way of California,...

View Article
Browsing all 57 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images