Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Peter Feigin
stated on June 23, 2021 in Twitter:

Says people are moving to Milwaukee “in record numbers”

By Madeline Heim • July 2, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on September 28, 2018 in a debate:

California "is hemorrhaging population."

By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018

Lori Lightfoot
stated on May 20, 2018 in a radio interview:

"We are the only metropolitan area in the country that’s losing population."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 1, 2018

Andy Gronik
stated on May 13, 2018 in a candidates forum:

"I’ve lived" in Milwaukee "all 61 years of my life."

By Tom Kertscher • May 23, 2018

Ron Johnson
stated on October 25, 2016 in a radio ad:

Says it’s not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, "they’re forced to watch Viking games," so he "got a law passed to fix" the problem.

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2016

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 17, 2016 in an interview:

Says Barack Obama "said black males are two times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than white males" and "that is a lie" because "there is no data."

By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on April 12, 2016 in a radio interview.:

"But for immigrants, we would have a contracting population..."

By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary:

"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."

By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015

Lynda Rife
stated on November 4, 2014 in as quoted in a news story:

110 people a day move to Austin.

By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014

Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:

"It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."

By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2014

Will Wynn
stated on March 30, 2014 in a news story:

More "25- to 34-year-olds are moving to Austin than any other city in America."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 in a report:

"Wisconsin now ranks among the top 10 states for out-migration."

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2014

Tom Pauken
stated on July 25, 2013 in an oped column.:

"Our recent state budgets have far exceeded population and inflation growth."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2013

Lee Leffingwell
stated on May 5, 2013 in an opinion column.:

Says nearly 1 million people are "coming to town" in the next 20 years.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2013

Will Weatherford
stated on March 19, 2013 in Americans for Prosperity-Florida rally:

"Almost 1,000 people a day" are moving to Florida "because they are more free here than they are in some other states."

By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2013

Texas Federation of Republican Women
stated on January 17, 2013 in an approved resolution.:

Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2013

George P. Bush
stated on January 12, 2013 in an interview with The Associated Press.:

Says Texas will be "majority Hispanic in six years."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2013

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