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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Ken Paxton
stated on May 26, 2026 in a primary election victory speech:
Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico “is a vegan.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • May 27, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2026 in a Facebook post:
Video shows ICE agent removing “US citizen on a plane for being Latino.”
False
By Maria Briceño • March 30, 2026
X posts
stated on March 1, 2026 in an X post:
“Israeli shooter opened fire inside an Austin (Texas) bar” on March 1, 2026.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 2, 2026
TikTok posts
stated on July 12, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
El sheriff del condado Kerr, Texas dijo, “que se debe solicitar la residencia permanente para el equipo de rescate mexicano que rescató a su familia”.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 16, 2025
X posts
stated on July 12, 2025 in an X post:
The Kerr County, Texas, sheriff “said he would apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family.”
False
By Maria Briceño • July 14, 2025
Social Media
stated on July 5, 2025 in posts on social media:
The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.
False
By Madison Czopek • July 7, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on July 6, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
“Si dios fuera ilegal lo deportariamos palabras del gobernador de Texas”.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 7, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:
A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 28, 2025
Threads posts
stated on January 2, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 8, 2025
Instagram posts
stated on January 2, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 3, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:
Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 20, 2024
Threads posts
stated on December 10, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Texas declares bringing a pride flag to the classroom a crime.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 12, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:
The NFL said Beyoncé is “not a good artist” and rejected her Christmas halftime show.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 4, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 20, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Texas just gifted Trump 355,000 acres for deportation camps.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • November 27, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows missing couple Raymond Peterson and his wife, Sophie.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 26, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on July 18, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • July 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:
There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Ranjan Jindal • July 23, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“There were 42,000 people diagnosed with (an) STD in Houston” in one week.
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 28, 2024
Threads posts
stated on June 8, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2024
Viral image
stated on May 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that “Texas SB-4 law is constitutional.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 3, 2024
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