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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2013
Steve Munisteri
Steve Munisteri
stated on August 19, 2013 an interview on Austin's YNN:
There "are 500 registered Republicans moving" to Texas "every day."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2013
Tom Pauken
Tom Pauken
stated on July 25, 2013 an oped column.:
"Our recent state budgets have far exceeded population and inflation growth."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 a keynote address:
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on May 5, 2013 an opinion column.:
Says nearly 1 million people are "coming to town" in the next 20 years.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2013
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on April 7, 2013 a television interview:
North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."
True
By Michael McKinney • May 10, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 19, 2013 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."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2013
Battleground Texas
Battleground Texas
stated on February 26, 2013 an adviser's interview on the "Colbert Report.":
In 2008, "only 54 percent of Latinos in Texas were registered to vote and only 35 percent actually turned out."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime":
Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."  
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • February 17, 2013
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Texas Federation of Republican Women
stated on January 17, 2013 an approved resolution.:
Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2013
Charlotte Lehan
Charlotte Lehan
stated on January 8, 2013 in an interview:
Says Oak Grove is "one of the largest cities in Oregon" and is "the biggest city in Clackamas County and it's not a city."
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 30, 2013
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview with The Associated Press.:
Says Texas will be "majority Hispanic in six years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on October 21, 2012 an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.:
"Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2012
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on August 21, 2012 an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.:
Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2012
Joe Brown
Joe Brown
stated on April 18, 2012 a City Council presentation on the Memphis budget.:
"Nobody is leaving Memphis. That's a myth."
Pants on Fire!
By Zack McMillin • May 1, 2012
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