Latest Fact-Checks In Virginia

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Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 23, 2023 a speech.
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
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By Warren Fiske • January 25, 2023
Cliff Hayes
Cliff Hayes
stated on November 23, 2022 a TV interview.
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
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By Warren Fiske • December 2, 2022
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on September 2, 2022 a tweet.
“I don’t accept a dime of corporate money.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2022
Yesli Vega
Yesli Vega
stated on July 11, 2022 Facebook post
“Abigail Spanberger still votes with and shares Joe Biden’s positions 100% of the time.”
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By Warren Fiske • August 11, 2022
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on July 9, 2022 an anti-abortion rally.
“Ninety-two percent of abortions in Virginia take place before 15 weeks.”
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By Warren Fiske • July 12, 2022
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on May 18, 2022 a committee hearing.
“Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.”
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By Warren Fiske • June 8, 2022
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on May 2, 2022 a tweet.
“Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett assured the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people that Roe v. Wade was ‘established precedent.’”
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By Warren Fiske • May 5, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.
Virginia’s economic growth “has stalled at less than 1% per year for eight years.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 14, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.
“Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…”
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By Warren Fiske • February 2, 2022
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on January 12, 2022 a speech.
“We’ve brought in more than $81 billion in economic investment, more than four times any previous administration.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 14, 2022
John McGuire
John McGuire
stated on December 3, 2021 a radio interview.
“Overdoses in Virginia (are) up 35%.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2021
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on August 18, 2021 a speech.
The Virginia Employment Commission is sixth in the nation for getting benefits to eligible people quickly…”
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By Warren Fiske • September 7, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on August 6, 2021 a radio interview.
“We watched Terry McAuliffe, when he was governor, lower the (accreditation) standards in our schools...”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 18, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2021 a speech.
When Terry McAuliffe was governor, “Unemployment went down in every single county, including rural Virginia by nearly 50%.
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By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on May 21, 2021 a radio interview.
“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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By Warren Fiske • June 17, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 a debate.
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
stated on September 15, 2020 a TV ad.
Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on August 4, 2020 a TV ad.
“When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 19, 2020
The Family Foundation
The Family Foundation
stated on July 9, 2020 a blog.
“...Virginia, more than any other state, had the steepest drop in the number of abortions between 2011 and 2017.”
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By Warren Fiske • August 5, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post.
“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 20, 2020
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