{ "site": "https://keithselfrecord.com/", "about": "Fact checks of Rep. Keith Self's statements. Each has the quote, where and when, the verdict, the record and its sources.", "fact_checks": [ { "order": 10, "id": "no-abolition", "topic": "islam", "quote": "The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery, but there has never been an abolition movement in Islam.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "House floor speech, transcript on his own website", "date": "Nov 19, 2025", "verdict": "FALSE", "headline": "“Never an abolition movement in Islam”? Tunisia abolished slavery in 1846.", "fact": "Tunisia, a Muslim country, abolished slavery by decree in 1846. The 13th Amendment came 19 years later.", "record": [ "In January 1846, Ahmad Bey, the ruler of Tunisia, decreed the abolition of slavery. Tunisia was the first country in the modern Muslim world to do so, and it now marks January 23 as a national day for the abolition of slavery.", "Ahmad Bey grounded the decree in a formal request for an Islamic legal opinion, an istifta. The case for abolition was argued from inside Islamic law.", "The United States abolished slavery with the 13th Amendment in 1865, nineteen years later." ], "sources": [ { "label": "His transcript, keithself.house.gov, Nov 19, 2025", "url": "https://keithself.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-keith-self-sounds-alarm-existential-threat-sharia-america-during" }, { "label": "Law and History Review (Cambridge), “Ahmad Bey’s 1846 Istifta,” 2023", "url": "https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/law-and-history-review/article/ahmad-beys-1846-istifta-its-dual-legislative-framework-and-religiopolitical-context/1F6E264D15D111EF41160A3B169062A7" }, { "label": "Kapitalis (Tunisia), national abolition day, Jan 23", "url": "https://kapitalis.com/anbaa-tounes/?p=161886" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-no-abolition" }, { "order": 20, "id": "destroy-within", "topic": "islam", "quote": "There is no denying Islam’s intent to dominate Western civilization. Their stated objective is to destroy us from within.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "House floor speech, transcript on his own website", "date": "Nov 19, 2025", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "“Their stated objective is to destroy us”? 92% of U.S. Muslims say they are proud to be American.", "fact": "One man’s 1991 memo is not the “stated objective” of 3.45 million Americans. Pew: 92% of U.S. Muslims are proud to be American.", "record": [ "He names no document. Anti-Sharia activists trace this phrase to a single 1991 memo by one man, Mohamed Akram, entered as an exhibit in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial. Only one copy is known.", "About 3.45 million Muslims live in the United States (Pew, 2017). In Pew’s 2017 survey, 92% said they are proud to be American, and 89% said they are proud to be both American and Muslim.", "Judging millions of people by one document they never wrote is not a fact. It is a stereotype." ], "sources": [ { "label": "His transcript, keithself.house.gov, Nov 19, 2025", "url": "https://keithself.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-keith-self-sounds-alarm-existential-threat-sharia-america-during" }, { "label": "Pew Research Center, 2017 survey of U.S. Muslims", "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2017/07/26/findings-from-pew-research-centers-2017-survey-of-us-muslims/" }, { "label": "Pew Research Center, U.S. Muslim population estimate, 2018", "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/01/03/new-estimates-show-u-s-muslim-population-continues-to-grow/" }, { "label": "Hudson Institute on the 1991 memo (a source sympathetic to his view)", "url": "https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/reporting-the-muslim-brotherhood-" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-destroy-within" }, { "order": 30, "id": "no-respect-law", "topic": "islam", "quote": "This is where the Muslims want to be treated differently. They have no respect for U.S. law.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Newsmax, “Bianca Across the Nation”", "date": "Sep 23, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "“They have no respect for U.S. law.” He said it about Americans because of their faith.", "fact": "His evidence was one candidate’s booth at one convention. The group was never charged and says it endorsed no one.", "record": [ "On Newsmax he pointed to one event: Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign booth at the Islamic Society of North America convention in Detroit. ISNA’s CEO said the organization did not endorse El-Sayed.", "Whether one nonprofit followed IRS rules is a question about one nonprofit. It says nothing about “the Muslims” as a people.", "He also called for ISNA’s “indictment.” ISNA has never been charged with a crime. The 2009 federal ruling he draws on found that publicly naming ISNA as an unindicted co-conspirator violated its Fifth Amendment rights. It also found evidence of past association with the defendants. He cites only the second finding." ], "sources": [ { "label": "Newsmax interview, republished by Yahoo News, Sep 23, 2026", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/rep-self-newsmax-muslims-want-180123285.html" }, { "label": "JTA, Nov 26, 2010: the unsealed 2009 ruling and the 2010 appeals decision", "url": "https://www.jta.org/2010/11/26/culture/the-holy-land-foundation-trial-and-the-three-muslim-groups" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-no-respect-law" }, { "order": 40, "id": "sharia-courts", "topic": "islam", "quote": "Any legal or political doctrine that places itself above the Constitution threatens the stability and unity of the nation, and that’s exactly what Shaira [sic] Law does.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Press release, his House website", "date": "Jul 1, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "The Constitution already wins in U.S. courts, for every religion.", "fact": "Courts already refuse religious or foreign rulings that conflict with the Constitution. Oklahoma, defending its Sharia ban, could not name one case.", "record": [ "The Constitution is already the supreme law of the land, and courts already refuse to enforce foreign or religious rulings that violate it or public policy.", "Oklahoma passed a Sharia ban in 2010. Defending it, the state’s lawyers admitted they “did not know of even a single instance” of an Oklahoma court applying Sharia. The federal appeals court found no actual problem to solve and struck the ban down.", "Religious arbitration exists for many faiths: Jewish rabbinical courts, Christian conciliation panels, Islamic mediation. All are enforced only when the result complies with U.S. law. His press release names only one religion.", "A companion bill he cosponsors, H.R. 5722, would deny entry to “any alien who adheres to Sharia law.” Libertarian law professor Ilya Somin testified to the House Judiciary Committee that it violates the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Free Speech clauses." ], "sources": [ { "label": "His press release, Jul 1, 2026", "url": "https://keithself.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-keith-self-introduces-bill-protect-us-constitution-sharia-law" }, { "label": "Awad v. Ziriax (10th Cir. 2012), via Rutgers", "url": "https://www.rutgers.edu/news/federal-court-finds-oklahoma-sharia-ban-unconstitutional-rutgers-newark-law-professor" }, { "label": "H.R. 5722 text, govinfo.gov", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5722ih/html/BILLS-119hr5722ih.htm" }, { "label": "Ilya Somin, testimony to House Judiciary (Reason/Volokh)", "url": "https://reason.com/volokh/2026/03/25/additional-testimony-against-the-proposed-preserving-a-sharia-free-america-act/" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-sharia-courts" }, { "order": 50, "id": "uk-france", "topic": "islam", "quote": "Countries like France and England are on the verge of losing their identity and sovereignty.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Sharia Free America Caucus launch release", "date": "Dec 18, 2025", "verdict": "FALSE", "headline": "England “losing its sovereignty” to Sharia? The British government says Sharia has no jurisdiction there.", "fact": "UK Government, March 2026: “Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales.” France is a constitutionally secular republic.", "record": [ "Asked in Parliament in March 2026, the UK Government answered in writing: “The Government is clear: Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales.” Decisions of Sharia councils are not binding in law and are not part of the court system.", "France is a secular republic under Article 1 of its Constitution. Religious law has no legal standing there." ], "sources": [ { "label": "Caucus launch release, roy.house.gov, Dec 18, 2025", "url": "https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-roy-self-launch-sharia-free-america-caucus" }, { "label": "UK Parliament written answer 119825, Mar 19, 2026", "url": "https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-11/119825/" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-uk-france" }, { "order": 80, "id": "dfw-conquest", "topic": "islam", "quote": "Islamic foot-washing stations are coming soon to DFW. This isn’t accommodation, it’s conquest.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Post on X", "date": "Aug 13, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "“Conquest”? DFW Airport has served every faith since 1977.", "fact": "DFW runs the world’s largest interfaith airport chaplaincy, with chapels in every terminal and Protestant, Catholic and Muslim services.", "record": [ "DFW’s interfaith chaplaincy was founded in 1977 and is the largest airport chaplaincy in the world. Its chapels hold Protestant services, a Holy Eucharist service and Friday Jumu’ah prayer.", "The Terminal D interfaith chapel already includes two ablution stations for ritual washing.", "The planned basins were reported as privately funded, and the project was later cancelled. DFW is not in TX-03." ], "sources": [ { "label": "His post, as reported by The Daily Signal, Aug 14, 2026", "url": "https://dailysignal.com/2026/08/14/dfw-airport-muslim-ablution-stations" }, { "label": "Dallas Express, Aug 2026 (state filing: privately funded; 2019 chapel already has two ablution stations)", "url": "https://dallasexpress.com/city/dfw-airports-300k-islamic-foot-washing-plan-draws-not-the-right-country-for-you-rebuke/" }, { "label": "KERA News, Aug 17, 2026 (project cancelled)", "url": "https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-08-17/dfw-airport-ends-islamic-foot-washing-stations-greg-abbott-threatens-funding" }, { "label": "KLTV, “Power of Prayer: DFW Airport Interfaith Chaplaincy”", "url": "https://www.kltv.com/2019/11/18/power-prayer-dfw-international-airport-interfaith-chaplaincy/" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-dfw-conquest" }, { "order": 90, "id": "penalty-death", "topic": "islam", "quote": "Ask any Muslim what the penalty is for leaving political Islam. It’s death.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "McKinney City Council meeting", "date": "Aug 4–5, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "“The penalty for leaving is death”? Not in McKinney. Not anywhere in America.", "fact": "In the U.S., leaving any religion carries no legal penalty. He said this to block a site plan for his own constituents’ house of worship.", "record": [ "Some foreign governments have apostasy laws. The United States does not. The First Amendment protects every American’s right to join or leave any faith.", "He said it to a city council deciding whether a mosque’s site plan met city ordinances. The council approved it 7–0.", "Holding American neighbors responsible for the laws of foreign governments is guilt by association." ], "sources": [ { "label": "City of McKinney, official video of the Aug 4, 2026 council meeting", "url": "https://mckinneytx.new.swagit.com/videos/395192" }, { "label": "CBS News Texas, Aug 5, 2026", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/mckinney-texas-city-council-mosque-site-plan-8-5-2026/" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-penalty-death" }, { "order": 95, "id": "evil-alliance", "topic": "islam", "quote": "The evil alliance between Communism and radical Islam that has infiltrated the Democratic Party in America is burning down cities in Europe. The November 3rd election is America’s last chance to stop them!", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "His campaign’s paid video ad on Facebook (“Paid for by Self for Congress”)", "date": "Oct 22, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "“Radical Islam… burning down cities in Europe”? France blamed the far left. His ad shows Americans protesting a travel ban.", "fact": "France’s riots were cost-of-living unrest blamed on the far left. His ad’s own photo credits show 2017 U.S. protests against the travel ban and a 2022 rally against Iran’s regime.", "record": [ "The burning building and riot scenes in the ad are from France on Oct 17, 2026: the Limoges city hall fire and riots in Paris (his own photo credits). The unrest began with high school students protesting school conditions and grew into cost-of-living marches called by unions and the Yellow Vests; about 550,000 people marched.", "France’s government blamed the far left and criminals, and police arrested a far-left activist over the Limoges fire. No report we found ties the fires to Islam. The “Communism” half of his claim echoes what France said; the “radical Islam” half has no support in the reporting.", "Under the words “The threat is REAL,” the ad shows a January 2017 protest in Washington against the travel ban: Americans holding a “We the People” poster and a Sierra Club sign. Its “Michigan” scene is a 2017 Dearborn protest against the same ban. Both are identified in his photo credits (Wikimedia Commons).", "Right after its “Texas” caption, the ad shows a 2014 photo of a child standing among worshippers at prayer in Qom, Iran (Wikimedia Commons, “Children of Iran of Qom”).", "Its “Not a protest, a revolution” banner is from an October 15, 2022 rally at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Los Angeles, where Iranian-Americans protested against Iran’s Islamic government after Mahsa Amini died in the custody of its morality police. The ad presents people protesting a theocracy as part of the “radical Islam” threat.", "He offers no evidence that “radical Islam” has “infiltrated the Democratic Party.” Peaceful protest and prayer are protected by the First Amendment, for every American.", "In fairness: the ad is labeled as paid for by his campaign and lists its photo credits, which is how these sources could be checked." ], "sources": [ { "label": "His campaign’s Facebook video, Oct 22, 2026", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/KeithSelfTX/videos/1505950264692723/" }, { "label": "CNN on France’s unrest and who the government blamed, Oct 19, 2026", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/europe/france-riots-political-crisis-intl" }, { "label": "France 24: Limoges town hall fire, Oct 17, 2026", "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261017-fire-rages-at-town-hall-in-france-s-limoges-after-protests-authorities" }, { "label": "CBS News: protests over living costs, 1,800 arrests", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/protests-france-rising-living-costs-students/" }, { "label": "Fox News: far-left activist arrested over the Limoges fire", "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/france-riots-protests-limoges-arrest-10-20-26" }, { "label": "Wikimedia Commons: “No Muslim Ban Protests - DC,” Jan 29, 2017 (credited in his ad)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92333327" }, { "label": "Wikimedia Commons: Dearborn, Michigan, protest against the 2017 order (credited in his ad)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55555251" }, { "label": "Wikimedia Commons: “Children of Iran of Qom,” 2014 (credited in his ad)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64872497" }, { "label": "Wikimedia Commons: Limoges town hall fire, Oct 17, 2026 (credited in his ad)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=202025334" }, { "label": "Unsplash: “Iran protest October 15, 2022 - Sherman Oaks, CA” (Craig Melville, credited in his ad)", "url": "https://unsplash.com/photos/a-large-crowd-of-people-holding-a-red-sign-znpoXTkEZ1g" }, { "label": "LAist: Los Angeles rallies for Iranian women’s rights after Mahsa Amini’s death, 2022", "url": "https://laist.com/news/masha-amimi-los-angeles-protest-iran-freedom-womens-rights" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-evil-alliance" }, { "order": 100, "id": "honor-killings", "topic": "islam", "quote": "Child marriage. Honor killings. Don’t tell me it can’t happen here because it’s already happened in Texas.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "McKinney City Council meeting", "date": "Aug 4–5, 2026", "verdict": "OUT OF CONTEXT", "headline": "A crime is committed by a person. Not by a congregation.", "fact": "He tied child marriage and honor killings to a mosque’s site plan. He named no link between that congregation and any crime.", "record": [ "Crimes are committed by individuals and prosecuted under Texas law, whatever the criminal’s religion.", "The council vote was about whether a site plan met city ordinances: parking, setbacks, drainage. It passed 7–0.", "He named no connection between the McKinney Islamic Association and any crime. Attaching crimes to a congregation because of its faith is the definition of guilt by association." ], "sources": [ { "label": "City of McKinney, official video of the Aug 4, 2026 council meeting", "url": "https://mckinneytx.new.swagit.com/videos/395192" }, { "label": "Dallas Express, Aug 2026", "url": "https://dallasexpress.com/metroplex/mckinney-approves-mosque-site-plan-after-150-speakers-police-intervene-during-heated-meeting/" }, { "label": "CBS News Texas, Aug 5, 2026", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/mckinney-texas-city-council-mosque-site-plan-8-5-2026/" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-honor-killings" }, { "order": 110, "id": "plano-bodies", "topic": "islam", "quote": "The senior Plano detective told me that he has never received a call on an unattended death from the Islamic community. We do not know how these people are dying.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Interview with The Daily Signal", "date": "Jun 23, 2026", "verdict": "UNSOURCED", "headline": "“We do not know how these people are dying”? Plano police say they don’t track deaths by religion, and he never asked.", "fact": "He cited one conversation, not data. Plano police say they don’t track deaths by religion and that his office never asked them.", "record": [ "His evidence was one conversation he recalled from his years as county judge. He has offered no evidence beyond it: no data, no report.", "He made the same point on Dallas radio in August, asking what Muslims are “doing with the bodies,” as reported by TX3DNews.", "Plano Police told TX3DNews the department does not collect call data by religion, has no way to verify the claim, and had received no inquiry from Self or his office.", "Every death in Texas requires a death certificate under state law, for every faith. A suggestion that one community hides its dead needs evidence, and he has offered none." ], "sources": [ { "label": "The Daily Signal, Jun 23, 2026 (his words)", "url": "https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/23/muslim-only-cemetery-fuels-concerns-over-secrecy-rule-of-law/" }, { "label": "TX3DNews, Aug 23, 2026 (radio remarks and Plano Police response)", "url": "https://tx3dnews.com/keith-self-mckinney-mosque-recall-sharia/" }, { "label": "Texas Health and Safety Code ch. 193 (death certificates)", "url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.193.htm" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-plano-bodies" }, { "order": 130, "id": "inflation-credit", "topic": "economy", "quote": "Republicans brought inflation down from 9% to 3%.", "quote_type": "paraphrase", "reported_by": "NewsNation", "where": "NewsNation", "date": "Oct 9, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "Credit for lower inflation? It was already 2.9% before this Congress was sworn in. Now it is 3.7%.", "fact": "CPI was 2.9% in December 2024. In September 2026 it was back up to 3.7%.", "record": [ "Bureau of Labor Statistics: consumer prices were up 2.9% over the year in December 2024, before the current Congress and administration took office.", "In September 2026, the 12-month rate was 3.7%. He did not mention that number." ], "sources": [ { "label": "NewsNation, Oct 9, 2026", "url": "https://www.newsnationnow.com/morninginamerica/texas-republican-congressman-says-people-unsettled/" }, { "label": "BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, 12-month change)", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi/" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-inflation-credit" }, { "order": 150, "id": "france-tipping-point", "topic": "islam", "quote": "They’ve got, what, 7% now are Muslims in France? And, you know, when you reach that percentage… that gives you the tipping point that everybody talks about.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Fox News Digital", "date": "Oct 20, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "France’s unrest caused by a Muslim “tipping point”? France blamed far-left groups and living costs.", "fact": "Fox’s own report says France’s government blamed far-left groups and tensions over living costs and education. He supplied the religious cause himself.", "record": [ "The 7% population estimate is roughly in line with published estimates. The cause he attached to it is his own.", "The same Fox News report states that the French government blamed far-left groups for exacerbating tensions over high living costs and expensive education.", "In the same interview he said, “We are watching the future of America in France and the U.K.” He was talking about his own constituents’ faith." ], "sources": [ { "label": "Fox News Digital, Oct 20, 2026", "url": "https://foxnews.com/politics/torched-cars-ransacked-businesses-anti-sharia-crusader-warns-france-civil-war-could-imported-us" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-france-tipping-point" }, { "order": 240, "id": "gulf-money-mosques", "topic": "islam", "quote": "The Kaufman County was supposed to be UAE money. We know that [Qatar] pours money into the state of Texas… it’s the building of the infrastructure that they’re doing right now. The mosques are the infrastructure for the increase of Islam across Texas.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Going Rogue with Lara Logan, YouTube, at 19:35", "date": "Oct 16, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "Gulf money building Texas mosques? He named no mosque and no payment. The Dubai project was housing.", "fact": "The Kaufman plan was a Dubai company’s net-zero housing project, dropped in March. He named no Gulf money behind any mosque, and said he was still “trying to identify” it.", "record": [ "In the same answer he said: “We’re trying to identify where the money’s coming from.” He named no mosque, no donor and no payment.", "The Kaufman County project was “Sustainable City USA,” a 2,300-acre “AI-enabled sustainable city” proposed by SEE Holding, a private company based in Dubai. Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation in February 2026 citing fears of a “sharia city.” The developer called that description inaccurate, and coverage of the probe cited no evidence of a religious component. In March the developer dropped the site after what it called a technical and commercial assessment. It was a housing development, not a mosque.", "Qatari money does reach Texas, and it is documented: about $100 million in research contracts with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (2010–2019), and grants to some school districts. None of it is shown to fund mosques.", "The one mosque-centered project in his district with public financing details, EPIC City (now The Meadow), raised about $40 million by selling home sites to individual buyers, according to the watchdog report he cited in April 2026.", "In fairness: SEE Holding is headquartered in Dubai, and foreign government money in American institutions deserves scrutiny. Neither fact supports the claim that Gulf states are building Texas mosques." ], "sources": [ { "label": "The interview, at 19:16–20:03 (Lara Logan, Oct 16, 2026)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdWX1rnZ_3A&t=1156s" }, { "label": "Dallas Morning News: Dubai developer abandons 2,300-acre D-FW project, Mar 26, 2026", "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2026/03/26/dubai-developer-abandons-planned-2300-acre-d-fw-project/" }, { "label": "Fox 4: development halts after state investigation", "url": "https://www.fox4news.com/news/dubai-based-development-foreign-nationals-texas-halts-after-state-investigation" }, { "label": "National Association of Scholars: Texas A&M and Qatar research contracts", "url": "https://www.nas.org/press-release/texas-am-evades-foreign-gift-reporting-requirements-with-over-100-million-in-donations/" }, { "label": "Daily Signal via WND: the Oversight Project report on EPIC’s $40M in plot sales, Apr 30, 2026", "url": "https://www.wnd.com/2026/04/epic-city-rep-keith-self-urges-federal-probes/" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-gulf-money-mosques" }, { "order": 250, "id": "50-mosques", "topic": "islam", "quote": "We’ve had 50 mosques built in the DFW area, Dallas Fort Worth area, in the last two years.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Going Rogue with Lara Logan, YouTube, at 19:16", "date": "Oct 16, 2026", "verdict": "UNSOURCED", "headline": "“50 mosques built in DFW in two years”? He gave no source, no list, no definition.", "fact": "He offered the number with no source or list. We found no public count of DFW mosques built since 2024 to check it against.", "record": [ "He gave no source, list or definition for the figure: new buildings, or congregations that moved or expanded.", "We found no public count of DFW mosques built since 2024 to check it against. If his office provides one, this page will be updated.", "It opens the passage that ends: “Right now, we are losing Texas to Islam.” A number with no source is doing the work of evidence." ], "sources": [ { "label": "The interview, at 19:16 (Lara Logan, Oct 16, 2026)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdWX1rnZ_3A&t=1156s" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-50-mosques" }, { "order": 255, "id": "failed-lottery", "topic": "immigration", "quote": "We cannot allow liberal judges to force the administration to continue a failed immigration program.", "quote_type": "verbatim", "where": "Press release introducing his bill to repeal the diversity visa", "date": "Oct 22, 2026", "verdict": "MISLEADING", "headline": "“A failed immigration program”? His evidence is one man, who got his green card in 2017.", "fact": "His one example got his visa eight years before the shootings. Winners need a high school diploma or skilled work and pass the same checks as every immigrant.", "record": [ "His bill would repeal the diversity visa, which Congress created in 1990: up to 55,000 green cards a year for people from countries that send few immigrants here. His release notes that many come from Africa.", "The only evidence in his release is one case: the suspect in the December 2025 Brown University and MIT shootings, a Portuguese national who first came on a student visa in 2000 and received a diversity visa in 2017, eight years earlier.", "Winning the lottery is only the first step. Each winner must have a high school education or two years of skilled work experience, then go through the same consular interview, background and security checks and medical exam as any other immigrant.", "The Migration Policy Institute found that half of recent adult immigrants from the top diversity-visa countries held a bachelor’s degree, compared with 32% of all Americans (2016).", "In fairness: ending the lottery is not a fringe idea. The 2013 Senate immigration bill, backed by every Senate Democrat, would also have repealed it, and a 2007 GAO audit found it vulnerable to fraud, though no terrorist or criminal was known to have used it. Changing a law is Congress’s job, and a bill is the right way to try.", "What is misleading is the case he makes: one alleged killer, so close the door on 55,000 people a year who did nothing wrong. A crime is committed by a person, not by a country." ], "sources": [ { "label": "His press release, Oct 22, 2026", "url": "https://keithself.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-keith-self-introduces-bill-repeal-diversity-immigration-visa" }, { "label": "Just the News, Oct 22, 2026", "url": "https://justthenews.com/government/congress/texas-republican-introduces-legislation-repeal-green-card-lottery-program" }, { "label": "CBS News: the suspect received a diversity visa in 2017", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noem-alleged-brown-shooter-diversity-visa-lottery" }, { "label": "State Department: diversity visa qualifications", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-if-you-are-selected/diversity-visa-confirm-your-qualifications.html" }, { "label": "Migration Policy Institute on the diversity visa", "url": "https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/diversity-visa-program-holds-lessons-future-legal-immigration-reform" }, { "label": "GAO-07-1174, Sep 2007", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-07-1174" }, { "label": "Bloomberg Law: judge orders the lottery reinstated, Oct 14, 2026", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/green-card-lottery-must-be-reinstated-california-judge-says" } ], "sourcing": "confirmed", "url": "https://keithselfrecord.com/#claim-failed-lottery" } ], "questions": [ { "order": 10, "id": "q-christians", "question": "If a congressman said “The Christians have no respect for U.S. law,” would that be okay?", "sub": "Keith Self said it about Muslims, on national television, six weeks before the election.", "source": "Newsmax, Sep 23, 2026" }, { "order": 20, "id": "q-church", "question": "If he campaigned to stop a church that met every city rule, would you call that leadership?", "sub": "He did it to a mosque in McKinney. The council approved it 7–0.", "source": "CBS News Texas, Aug 5, 2026" }, { "order": 30, "id": "q-next", "question": "If turning on one group of constituents gets him to 50% plus one, who is next?", "sub": "A representative works for every constituent. Not just enough of them to win.", "source": null }, { "order": 40, "id": "q-same", "question": "Same taxes. Same juries. Same ballot. Shouldn’t they get the same congressman?", "sub": "TX-03 is Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and people of no faith. He represents all of them.", "source": null }, { "order": 50, "id": "q-senate", "question": "Who should choose Texas’s U.S. senators: you, or the politicians who draw their own districts?", "sub": "Keith Self’s H.J.Res. 198 would repeal the 17th Amendment and hand that choice to the Texas Legislature.", "source": "keithself.house.gov, Jun 25, 2026" }, { "order": 60, "id": "q-oath", "question": "He told McKinney to “honor your oath that starts with the U.S. Constitution.” Doesn’t that Constitution protect this congregation too?", "sub": "The First Amendment and federal law protect every house of worship that follows the rules. The council approved it 7–0.", "source": "Organiser · CBS News Texas, Aug 2026" }, { "order": 70, "id": "q-pension", "question": "A third term makes him eligible for a congressional pension. Is dividing his own district worth it?", "sub": "Members vest after five years of House service. His reaches five in January 2028, only with a third term.", "source": "CRS RL30631 · keithselfrecord.com" }, { "order": 80, "id": "q-represent", "question": "Who does he work for: TX-03, or the endorsement on his website banner?", "sub": "His campaign site has no section on health care, wages, cost of living or the debt.", "source": "keithself.com, Oct 21, 2026" }, { "order": 90, "id": "q-honorable", "question": "Couldn’t he win with bills that lower costs, raise wages, or fix health care?", "sub": "None of his 83 titled bills mentions wages, housing or the cost of living in its title.", "source": "Congress.gov" }, { "order": 100, "id": "q-war-vote", "question": "Twice, one vote would have made the President ask Congress about the Iran war. Why did he vote no?", "sub": "Apr 16: failed 213–214. May 14: failed 212–212. Keith Self: Nay both times, and on four more.", "source": "House Clerk Roll Calls 114 and 170, 2026" }, { "order": 110, "id": "q-war-debt", "question": "Debt is his “existential threat.” So why back a war Congress never voted for, at $2–3 billion a month?", "sub": "Gas was about $2.91 before the war. On Oct 19 it was $4.28.", "source": "CBO, Sep 15, 2026 · EIA" } ] }