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PolitiFact: Buchanan wrong saying half of California doesn’t speak English
Former GOP presidential contender Pat Buchanan. (Photo: KPCC)“Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes.” We checked the second part of Buchanan’s statement, about the percentage of Californians who speak a foreign language at home. It’s a claim that was close to correct on the numbers, but wrongly implies that half the state does not speak English.