Lori Robertson
Role at the time: Director of FactCheck.org and author of the article
Condemned
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.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Paxton's Uvalde Comment in Full Context · FactCheck.orgFull Paxton exchange and discussion of the 2026 campaign posts.
FactCheck.org transcribes Paxton's full answer and argues that the short clip deprives voters of context. It also notes that his longer answer was criticized in 2022 and reports that the Talarico campaign did not directly answer whether added context changed its portrayal.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The article directly criticizes the posts' omission of the surrounding answer, which is the case's contested conduct.