This claim has been circulating online for at least a decade, and Ms Abbott has denied it is real.
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The Dispatch→ Joe Biden and Greg Abbott’s Fight Over the Texas Border, Explained
Who has the authority to do what at the U.S.-Mexico border?
PolitiFact→ Texas Gov. Abbott suggests feds violated court order by snipping razor wire at border. Is it true?
As U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional Republicans gathered on the banks of the Rio Grande to highli
Full Fact→ Diane Abbott understated pay of NHS England boss
The MP said that Amanda Pritchard earns £86,000. But her annual earnings in 2021/22 were actually more like £255,000.
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Gov. Greg Abbott says fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 45. Is that true?
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is No. 1 state for business, but is it?
"Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor."
Full Fact→ No evidence Diane Abbott said quote about ‘the problem with Britain’
There’s no record of her having said the problem with Britain is “white people”.
Full Fact→ Diane Abbott misquotes statement from Michelle Donelan
A tweet from the Labour MP implies the opposite of what the culture secretary actually said.
FactCheck.org→ Biden and Abbott Twist Their Border Narratives
President Joe Biden, who recently made his first visit as president to the southern border, and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who greeted Biden in Texas, offered competing versions of who’s to blame for a spike in illegal immigration. But b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Did NOT Tweet About Celebrating Christmas By ‘Putting Migrants On A Bus’
Did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweet about celebrating Christmas by "putting migrants on a bus and kicking them out into the freezing cold"? No, that's not true: The tweet is fake. It combines a genuine photo of the governor's family with a m
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Fifth Texas National Guardsman [Died by] Suicide After Being Ordered by Greg Abbott to Patrol Migrants’
On October 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that a “fifth Texas National Guardsman” had died by suicide after being “ordered by [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott to patrol migrants”: BREAKING: A fifth
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Experts disagree with Abbott that it’s unconstitutional to raise the minimum age to purchase AR
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.”
Snopes→ Did Greg Abbott Dine at Rainforest Cafe and Leave No Tip?
According to the rumor, while previously serving as the attorney general of Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott dined at Rainforest Cafe and didn't leave a tip.
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Greg Abbott is right that Texas' high school graduation rate is 90%
Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Claims Chicago’s “Tougher” Gun Laws Fail To Prevent Gun Violence
We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis. And so, if you’re looking for a real solution, Chicago teaches th
Snopes→ Did an Abbott Representative Offer Grieving Uvalde Family Money To Oppose Gun Control?
The rumor originated from a now-deleted Twitter account using the handle @MyCancerJourne3.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, these tweets about Greg Abbott trying to pay off a Uvalde victim’s uncle aren’t accurate
Says Gov. Greg Abbott offered the uncle of a Uvalde shooting victim money to say “we don’t need stronger gun laws.”
Snopes→ Beto to Abbott: ‘You Are Doing Nothing’ About School Shootings
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke sharply criticized current Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a news conference following a school shooting that killed 19 children and two adults.
Snopes→ Did Gov. Greg Abbott Urge Texans To ‘Pick Up the Pace’ in Acquiring Guns?
The 2015 tweet resurfaced in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Texas elementary school nearly seven years later.
PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – O'Rourke right about property tax going up under Abbott, but governor's role is indirect
"Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Providing baby formula for babies held at the border is a legal requirement
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
AllSides→ Fact-checking Greg Abbott’s claims that Biden has ‘open border’ policies
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/apr/26/greg-abbott-refers-bidens-open-border-policies-are/ In r
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Greg Abbott’s claims that Biden has ‘open border’ policies
The border has security measures: miles of fencing, surveillance systems, and on-the-ground personnel.
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott says he will transport immigrants arriving illegally at the border to DC. Is that legal?
Experts say Abbott’s plan to transport immigrants likely doesn’t break the law. That’s because Texas would be transporting them after Homeland Security determined that they can move around the U.S.
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Abbott referred to installed capacity in the grid, not power available during severe winter weather
"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."
The Dispatch→ Did Greg Abbott Order an Agency to ‘Investigate All Trans Children’?
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images.)A viral post from popular left-wing Facebook page The Other 98% claims that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered “Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting
PolitiFact→ Don Huffines – In primary for Texas governor, a misleading claim about Greg Abbott and investing tax money in China
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Anti-Trans Directive
On February 23 2022, a letter attributed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services around matters concerning transgender children circulated heavily on social platforms like Twitter and Reddit: G
PolitiFact→ A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants
Abbott's figures were preliminary, subject-to-change numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, not Customs and Border Protection.
PolitiFact→ A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants
Abbott's figures were preliminary, subject-to-change numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, not Customs and Border Protection.
PolitiFact→ Explainer: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants
Explainer: Where Texas governor got data on migrants
Snopes→ Were Body Bags Transported in Gov. Abbott’s Campaign Truck?
Texas did request additional mortuary trailers in August 2021, but they weren't adorned with Gov. Abbott's campaign logo.
Snopes→ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tests Positive for COVID-19
Abbott, who was vaccinated in 2020, was isolating in the governor's mansion in Austin and receiving monoclonal antibody treatment, spokesman Mark Miner said in a statement.
Poynter→ Fact-checking three coronavirus claims from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
PolitiFact and MediaWise are teaming up to debunk misinformation about the coronavirus crisis. To have Coronavirus Facts delivered to your inbox Monday-Friday, click here. Although infections and hospitalizations connected to the coronavirus are rising
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Admit That Reopening Businesses Would Lead to More COVID-19 Cases?
In the middle of announcing his plan calling for workers to resume business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was recorded admitting that he knew it would spur an increase in cases of the disease. “How do we know reopening busin
Snopes→ Did UK Politician Diane Abbott Wear Mismatched Shoes in Elex Day Photos?
The prominent Labour Party MP appeared to have an unusual wardrobe malfunction in December 2019.
Climate Feedback→ Tony Abbott speech on climate change rehashes misleading, inaccurate talking points
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently gave a speech at a climate “skeptic” conference hosted by the UK Global Warming Policy Foundation (led by Nigel Lawson who recently made incorrect claims about temperature evolution in a BBC int
Health Feedback→ No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
REVIEW In early March 2024, a screenshot of a Telegram post circulated on Instagram and Twitter. It claimed that “[a]fter examining over 1,000 patients, U.S. doctors found that ’long Covid’ developed in 70 percent of cases after vax injection,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT Participate In Fiction Website’s Fantasy of U.S. Customs And Border Protection Patrol Conspiracy
Did United States Marines arrest two United States Customs and Border Protection Patrol agents for accepting bribes from immigrants for entry into the United States on February 19, 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a websi
AllSides→ Have There Been 900,000+ Border Encounters in 2024?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-have-there-been-900000-border-encounters-2024-1869944 From Texas Go