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Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on February 14, 2026 an X post:
New York leads the nation in population loss.
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By Holden Turek • April 1, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 6, 2024 an X post:
“In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • August 8, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 15, 2023 a speech:
"Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus • June 21, 2023
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
stated on June 24, 2022 an interview on Fox News:
“The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2022
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 TV interview:
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on January 5, 2021 a news release:
“New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.”
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By Landon Allison, John Pullano • January 26, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate:
“Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on July 27, 2020 a press conference:
West Virginia is the state with the oldest population.
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By Patrick Orsagos • July 29, 2020
Scott Jenkins
Scott Jenkins
stated on January 13, 2020 remarks:
“There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 5, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 31, 2019 an interview:
"Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 8, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2019 a speech:
There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people."  
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 23, 2019
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on February 18, 2018 an interview:
"There are more guns in this country than there are people."  
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By Tom Kertscher • February 20, 2018
Southwest Farm Press
Southwest Farm Press
stated on January 22, 2018 a news story:
"Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the nation."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2018
Charlie Geren
Charlie Geren
stated on September 18, 2017 a tweet:
"Less than half of Texans ages 18-24 are registered to vote."
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By Jasper Scherer • October 26, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 a press release:
"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."  
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By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017
Virginia First Foundation
Virginia First Foundation
stated on September 27, 2016 a web video.:
"The Virginia population increased by just 8 percent from 2005 to 2015, but the per capita spending in the budget increased by a whopping 38 percent."  
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By Sean Gorman • October 3, 2016
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on July 10, 2016 an opinion article:
"You're more likely to be the victim of a violent crime in Milwaukee than in 96 percent of the country."
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By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2016
Video for Atlanta Super Bowl bid presentation
Video for Atlanta Super Bowl bid presentation
stated on May 24, 2016 Super Bowl bid:
"Our population has grown from about 1 million in the 1970s to almost 7 million today."
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By Jim Tharpe • June 8, 2016
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 1, 2015 a town hall meeting in Colebrook, N.H.:
The federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of "New Hampshire maple syrup" for everyone in the United States.
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By Clay Wirestone • July 22, 2015
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on April 1, 2015 a speech:
Austin has "gone from being the 24th most congested city just about 10 years ago to being the fourth most congested — more congested than NYC."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2015
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