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Denver Riggleman
stated on January 23, 2020 in 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
Henry Cisneros
stated on January 29, 2020 in a meeting:
Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 7, 2020
Scott Jenkins
stated on January 13, 2020 in remarks:
“There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 5, 2020
James White
stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “10% of U.S. children are Texans.” 
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 31, 2020
Gene Wu
stated on December 31, 2019 in a tweet:
“About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 10, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 1, 2019 in a Tweet:
“Tens of thousands” of people leave New York every week.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 8, 2019
JB Pritzker
stated on October 31, 2019 in an interview:
“Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle…
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 8, 2019
Mark Perry
stated on June 28, 2019 in a radio interview:
“Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux.”
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • September 19, 2019
Bill Brady
stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech:
Says that after “the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 23, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
In 20 years “there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2019 in a speech:
There’s been a “20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people.”…
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 23, 2019
Joe Manchin
stated on September 16, 2018 in remarks at a teachers' rally:
West Virginia has “more veterans per capita” than any state.
False
By Emily Martin • October 11, 2018
Ted Cruz
stated on September 28, 2018 in a debate:
California “is hemorrhaging population.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad:
Scott Wallace wants to tax families of five for ‘irresponsible breeding’
False
By Sarah Anne Hughes • September 14, 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.” 
Mostly False
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.”  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 23, 2018
Jose Carrillo
stated on March 28, 2018 in a Texas Capitol press conference:
“Just in the Austin MSA alone, 150 people move here every day.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2018
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…
True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
stated on February 18, 2018 in an interview:
“There are more guns in this country than there are people.”  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 20, 2018
Southwest Farm Press
stated on January 22, 2018 in a news story:
“Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the…
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2018
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