Fact Check Posts – Page 4

McAuliffe is right that Virginia tops states in agricultural exports to Cuba

By Sean Gorman

March 24, 2016

"Virginia now is the number one exporter of (agricultural) products to Cuba. We have now jumped to number one."

Donald Trump incorrectly says Virginia winery is the largest on East Coast

By Sean Gorman

March 21, 2016

The Trump Winery near Charlottesville, Va. is the "largest winery on the East Coast."

Herring says all Supreme Court nominees back to 1875 got a confirmation hearing

By Sean Gorman , Warren Fiske

March 20, 2016

"Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing."

Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs are wealthier than bottom 40 percent of Americans

By Sean Gorman

March 14, 2016

"The Walton family of Walmart ... This one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people."

Bill Clinton says percentage of gun-owning households dropping every year

By Sean Gorman

March 7, 2016

"Every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of American households owning guns."

Contrary to Bernie Sanders, U.S. workers don’t put in the most hours

By Sean Gorman

February 29, 2016

"We work longer hours than any people in the industrialized world, including the Japanese."

Goodlatte says SCOTUS confirmations in presidential races are rare; haven’t happened since 1940

By Sean Gorman

February 22, 2016

"It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."

Jill Vogel says Virginia children as young as 12 are getting married

By Sean Gorman

February 8, 2016

In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old."

Tom Garrett is amiss on Virginia state troopers’ pay

By Sean Gorman

February 1, 2016

"A (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force."

Ben Carson: Stacked up, total pages of regulations from 2015 are 3 stories high

By Lauren Carroll , Sean Gorman

January 29, 2016

"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."

Gun control group says since 1963 more Americans have died by firearms than in all U.S. wars

By Sean Gorman

January 26, 2016

"Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire within our own country than American servicemen and women who were…

Van Cleave wrongly says Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican

By Sean Gorman

January 25, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican."

Latest Fact Checks By Sean Gorman

McAuliffe is right that Virginia tops states in agricultural exports to Cuba

Donald Trump incorrectly says Virginia winery is the largest on East Coast

Herring says all Supreme Court nominees back to 1875 got a confirmation hearing

Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs are wealthier than bottom 40 percent of Americans

Bill Clinton says percentage of gun-owning households dropping every year

Contrary to Bernie Sanders, U.S. workers don’t put in the most hours

Goodlatte says SCOTUS confirmations in presidential races are rare; haven’t happened since 1940

Jill Vogel says Virginia children as young as 12 are getting married

Tom Garrett is amiss on Virginia state troopers’ pay

Ben Carson: Stacked up, total pages of regulations from 2015 are 3 stories high

Gun control group says since 1963 more Americans have died by firearms than in all U.S. wars

Van Cleave wrongly says Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican