Claim: Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency.
Fact-check: Mitt Romney says unemployment in Texas weakens Rick Perry's appeal
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Meghan Ashford-Grooms
Date published: 2011-10-27T00:00:00