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Mary Landrieu stated on May 11, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz:

Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues.

By Louis Jacobson• May 13, 2010

Bobby Jindal stated on February 26, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession."

By Louis Jacobson• February 27, 2014

Paul Stekler stated on January 24, 2015 in an oped column:

Louisiana’s film incentives program is so big "they actually shot an upcoming film initially titled ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ in New Orleans!"

By W. Gardner Selby• February 7, 2015

Bobby Jindal stated on February 22, 2009 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":

Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 24, 2009

Americans for Prosperity: Florida stated on March 10, 2015 in a news release:

Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."

By Joshua Gillin• March 24, 2015

Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2025 in Facebook posts:

“DOGE discovers Louisiana man with 34 different names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. He was collecting $1,168,646 in (Social Security) per year.”

By Loreben Tuquero• February 28, 2025

David McKinley stated on September 23, 2019 in a news release:

"About 95 percent of America’s production of ethylene is produced on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana."

By Matthew Digby, Minh Do• October 10, 2019

Steve Scalise stated on June 15, 2010 in an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News:

It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh."

By Alex Holt• June 29, 2010

Bill Kennemer stated on September 11, 2012 in a news story:

"We just don't want to get to be like Louisiana, where you have drive-up daiquiri shops."

By Janie Har• September 13, 2012

Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2019 in a rally in Manchester, NH:

Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.

By Jon Greenberg• August 16, 2019

10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana:

“There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.”

By Jon Greenberg• October 7, 2021

John Kerry stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview:

Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”

By Brandon Mulder• February 5, 2021

Bill White stated on September 27, 2010 in an e-mail:

Texas has "a higher unemployment rate than neighboring states."

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 30, 2010

Robert Healey stated on October 18, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"Of the states that have a lieutenant governor, many are currently discussing the need for such an obsolete office."

By Cynthia Needham, Karen Lee Ziner• October 30, 2010

Bobby Jindal stated on July 15, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"In New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools."

By Anna Bruzgulis• July 16, 2015

Bobby Jindal stated on April 23, 2014 in an op-ed in "USA Today.":

On Common Core.

By Linda Qiu• June 8, 2015

John Bel Edwards stated on April 05, 2020 in a CNN interview:

Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”

By Miriam Valverde• April 8, 2020

Ryan Sitton stated on November 07, 2017 in a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor:

"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2017

Viral image stated on February 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 10, 2021

Texans for Economic Development stated on April 19, 2011 in a web banner ad.:

"Texans spend $2.5 billion gambling in our neighboring states every year."

By W. Gardner Selby• April 29, 2011

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