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David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 17, 2016 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."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2016

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."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2016

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."

Half-True

By Jim Tharpe • June 8, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.:

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016

John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2016 Senate floor remarks:

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

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2016

Jack Lew
stated on May 3, 2016 an interview with Bloomberg News:

"Almost 100,000 people left Puerto Rico last year."

Mostly True

By Marta Cerava • May 17, 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

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

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

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016

Tim Finchem
stated on March 27, 2016 a sports column by Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman:

"Austin’s the fastest-growing city in the country the last five years."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 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."

True

By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016

Huey Rey Fischer
stated on February 8, 2016 a press release:

"There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 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

Dan Patrick
stated on September 3, 2015 an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard:

"100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • October 6, 2015

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

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.

Half-True

By Clay Wirestone • July 22, 2015

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."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2015

Starbucks
stated on March 20, 2015 a newspaper advertisement:

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

True

By Tom Kertscher • 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

By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2015

Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2015 remarks at a White House summit:

"There is a very identifiable Somali community" back home in Delaware.

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • February 19, 2015

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

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

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015

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