Beto O'Rourke

former Texas Congressman. 6 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2021. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by PolitiFact19 Feb 2021United States

Beto O'Rourke, former Texas Congressman

“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”

PolitiFact rated this: True

PolitiFact says: A federal report following a massive power outage in Texas in February 2011 stated that recommendations to winterize the system following a 1989 cold weather event were not mandatory, and implementation lapsed.

Checked by PolitiFact21 Oct 2019United States

Beto O'Rourke, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, former Texas congressman

“To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact10 Sep 2019United States War and conflict

Beto O'Rourke, Former Democratic Congressman from Texas

“Says “Trump is defunding hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico, and laying off of Russia in Europe, to fund his racist border wall.”

PolitiFact rated this: Puerto Rico loses most

Checked by PolitiFact10 Sep 2019United States

Beto O'Rourke, Democratic Presidential Candidate

“There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people.”

PolitiFact rated this: True

Checked by FactCheck.org21 Aug 2019United States Immigration

Beto O'Rourke, Democratic candidate for president

“Workers living in the U.S. illegally who were swept up in immigration raids at chicken processing plants in Mississippi are “doing a job that no one else will do.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts

Checked by The New York Times25 Jun 2019United States

Beto O'Rourke

“Purdue Pharma has "been able to act with complete impunity and pay no consequences.”

The New York Times rated this: This is exaggerated.