Latest Fact Checks By Sean Gorman

Pat Robertson misleadingly says Obama was schooled at ‘Islamic madrassa’

By Sean Gorman

July 5, 2016

President Barack Obama attended  "an Islamic madrassa."

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Tom Perez says union members earn median $200 a week more than nonunion workers

By Sean Gorman

June 29, 2016

"If you are a member of  union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesn’t…

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Tom Perez erroneously tags all Trump products with ‘Made in China’ label

By Sean Gorman

June 27, 2016

"Go look at a Trump product. They’re all made in China."

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Dave Brat: U.S labor participation rate is lowest since `70s

By Sean Gorman

June 13, 2016

"The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the…

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NFIB says ‘vast majority’ of minimum wage workers get raise in a year

By Sean Gorman

June 2, 2016

"The vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year."

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A flawed NARAL Virginia claim: 1 in 3 women will have an abortion

By Sean Gorman , W. Gardner Selby

May 23, 2016

"One in three American women will have had an abortion by the time she reaches the age of 45."

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Ken Cuccinelli says half of illegal immigrants have overstayed visas

By Sean Gorman , Warren Fiske

May 16, 2016

Half of illegal immigrants "come on legal visas and then overstay."

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Ed Gillespie says GOP shut out from Va. statewide offices for first time in 40-plus years

By Sean Gorman

May 12, 2016

"For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia.

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Forbes says China’s submarine fleet will double United States’ in a decade

By Sean Gorman

May 2, 2016

China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."

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Jack Berry in error about Richmond teacher raises

By Sean Gorman

April 18, 2016

Richmond teachers have not gotten a raise "for almost 10 years."

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Don Beyer says 97 percent of scientists believe humans contribute to global warming

By Sean Gorman

April 4, 2016

"Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."

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Herring correct about Supreme Court confirmations during election years

By Sean Gorman

March 29, 2016

"Since 1900, six (U.S. Supreme Court) justices have been confirmed during election years, including Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was confirmed in the final year of…

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