Lori Robertson is a journalist and director of FactCheck.org, the fact-checking project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. She previously served as its managing editor and as managing editor of American Journalism Review.
Case
Democratic posts quote Paxton saying God has a plan after Uvalde. He said those words, but also called the tragedy senseless in the longer answer. Did the short clip change their meaning?
Role at the time: Director of FactCheck.org and author of the article
Statement summary
Robertson says Democrats quoted Paxton accurately but omitted enough of his answer to prevent voters from evaluating it fully. She notes that his longer answer also drew criticism in 2022.
“But their posts use just a snippet of Paxton's remarks, depriving voters of the full context.”
The article directly criticizes the posts' omission of the surrounding answer, which is the case's contested conduct.
Statement dates: September 25, 2026
Statement dates: September 25, 2026
