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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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • June 8, 2016
Nikki Haley
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Joe Biden
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
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
February 13, 2015
Jason Stanford
Jason Stanford
stated on November 17, 2014 a commentary
"Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections.
Mostly True
By Dylan Baddour • November 25, 2014
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