Julián Castro

Democratic presidential candidate. 6 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2021. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by FactCheck.org29 Jul 2021United States Health

Julián Castro, Fue alcalde de San Antonio

“Texas has the highest COVID positivity rate and case count in the nation.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Falso

FactCheck.org says: Los casos de COVID-19 están aumentando en Texas, pero el estado no tiene “la mayor tasa de positividad y el mayor número de casos del país”, como el demócrata Julián Castro tuiteó recientemente.

Checked by FactCheck.org19 Jul 2021United States Health

Julián Castro, Former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

“Texas has the highest COVID positivity rate and case count in the nation.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Not Per CDC Data

FactCheck.org says: According to CDC data, several states have either a higher seven-day test positivity percentage or a higher seven-day case rate per 100,000 people than Texas.

Checked by Noticias Telemundo5 Oct 2020United StatesSpanish

Julian Castro

“Los inmigrantes indocumentados pagaron 11,700 millones de dólares en impuestos estatales y federales en 2014”.”

Noticias Telemundo rated this: Verdadero

Checked by Washington Post16 Oct 2019United States Economy and jobs

Julian Castro, Former HUD Secretary

“Donald Trump has broken his promises because Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them.”

Washington Post rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact16 Oct 2019United States Economy and jobs

Julian Castro, Democratic presidential candidate

“Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact13 Sep 2019United States Politics and government

Julian Castro, Democratic presidential candidate

“The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False