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Lee Zeldin
stated on April 12, 2022 a tweet

“New York leads the U.S. in population loss.”

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By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • May 6, 2022

Jim Justice
stated on March 4, 2021 a tweet

West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”

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By Duncan Slade • March 25, 2021

Denver Riggleman
stated on January 23, 2020 a radio interview.

“Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.”

True

By Warren Fiske • February 12, 2020

James White
stated on January 27, 2020 a tweet

Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans."

True

By Madlin Mekelburg • January 31, 2020

Gavin Newsom
stated on March 8, 2018

"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."

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By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018

Joyce Mauk
stated on October 3, 2017 an Austin American-Statesman news story

"One in 10 babies born in this country is born in Texas."

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By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017

Ashley Smith
stated on July 19, 2017 a San Antonio Express-News story

Says transgender residents make up "about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors."

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By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017

Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 5, 2017 a meeting with nonprofit leaders

For 22 percent of N.H. Meals on Wheels recipients, the delivery driver is "the only human contact in their life from week to week."

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By Nick Reid • June 9, 2017

Erin Forrest
stated on April 2, 2017 an interview

"75 percent of the town boards in Wisconsin have no women on them at all."

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April 7, 2017

Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference

"The exodus of citizens from New York State has been growing."

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By Dan Clark • January 20, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech

"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016

John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2016 Senate floor remarks

"Vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language in Texas."

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By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on April 28, 2016 an official announcement

North Carolina has "one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country."

True

By Will Doran • April 29, 2016

Stephanie Schriock
stated on February 1, 2016 as quoted by the Texas Tribune

"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."

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By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016

Joe Straus
stated on December 15, 2015 campaign video

"Texas is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country."

True

By Eleanor Dearman • January 30, 2016

Glenn Hegar
stated on September 10, 2015 a speech in Georgetown, Texas

"We have 650 people who move to Texas every day."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 1, 2015

Starbucks
stated on March 20, 2015 a newspaper advertisement

"White people control almost 90 percent of the nation's wealth."

True

March 31, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 a speech

Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."

True

March 2, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on July 21, 2014 an interview with Laura Ingraham

More people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week "than are born in Texas each week."

True

By Philip Jankowski • September 12, 2014

Chuck Todd
stated on September 7, 2014 a comment on "Meet the Press."

"Eight out of the nine states with competitive Senate races, Hispanics make up less than 10 percent of the electorate."

True

By Linda Qiu • September 7, 2014

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