Latest Fact Checks By Warren Fiske

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Scott falsely accuses GOP of defunding police

July 22, 2021
“Every Republican in Congress voted to defund the police when they voted against the American Rescue Plan.”
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Are more people leaving Virginia for other states than moving in?

June 17, 2021
“Over the last few years, more Virginians are moving away from Virginia than are moving to Virginia from the other 49 states.”
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Terry McAuliffe keeps repeating bogus budget claim

June 15, 2021
“I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.”
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No one’s stripping the Pledge and July 4th from Virginia school lessons

June 3, 2021
Terry McAuliffe favors “taking the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4th of July out of the (school) curriculum.”
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No, Virginia did not hold first Republican convention after Civil War

May 27, 2021
“The very first Republican convention after the Civil War was held in Virginia in a Black church.”
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Youngkin shifts position on the legitimacy of Biden’s election

May 19, 2021
On the legitimacy of President Joe Biden's election.
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McAuliffe overstates school progress in Petersburg, Va. during his governorship

May 12, 2021
“Every single Petersburg (Va.) school was accredited when I left office.”
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No, the Green New Deal doesn’t cost average households ‘almost $700,000’

May 5, 2021
The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.”
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Under new Virginia law, a pound of pot will bring a $25 fine

April 28, 2021
On Virginia’s new marijuana law: “You can have up to one pound with only a $25 fine.”
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McAuliffe near the top in restoring ex-felon voting rights

April 19, 2021
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
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Chase half flips on pledge not to launch independent bid for governor

April 12, 2021
On running for governor as an independent.
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Carroll Foy partially right about investigations of past Virginia governors

April 5, 2021
“Two out of our last three governors in Virginia were investigated by the FBI. One went to jail and one is running for office again…
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