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Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.:
“The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ”
True
By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2022
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.:
“In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
True
By Warren Fiske • June 24, 2022
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.:
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
True
By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Jennifer McClellan
Jennifer McClellan
stated on February 15, 2022 in an op-ed.:
“More than half of Virginia’s school buildings are older than 50 years.”
True
By Warren Fiske • February 18, 2022
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on April 7, 2021 in a radio interview.:
On Virginia’s new marijuana law: “You can have up to one pound with only a $25 fine.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 28, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on March 10, 2021 in a speech:
“If you look at the average teacher pay compared to the average pay of your citizens, Virginia ranks last.”
True
By Warren Fiske • March 22, 2021
Jennifer Boysko
Jennifer Boysko
stated on January 18, 2021 in a committee debate.:
“The United States is the only industrialized, modernized country that does not already have a paid family medical leave program in place.”
True
By Warren Fiske • January 28, 2021
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on January 13, 2021 in a speech.:
Virginia ranks “in the bottom third of states” in administering the COVID-19 vaccine.
True
By Warren Fiske • January 20, 2021
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on December 3, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“People of color and those of not, they use marijuana at the same rate. People of color are three times more likely to get arrested and convicted.”
True
By Warren Fiske • December 3, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on September 4, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Abigail Spanberger “has voted with Nancy Pelosi over 90% of the time…”
True
By Warren Fiske • September 9, 2020
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 26, 2020 in a TV ad.:
Nick Freitas “supports a plan letting insurance companies deny coverage for preexisting conditions like asthma or diabetes.”
True
By Warren Fiske • September 3, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on April 10, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Virginia has “lagged behind other states when it comes to (covid-19) testing.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 22, 2020
Denver Riggleman
Denver Riggleman
stated on January 23, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.”
True
By Warren Fiske • February 12, 2020
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 15, 2019 in a hearing:
"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."  
True
By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2019
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on February 23, 2019 in a floor speech.:
Virginia House "Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control."  
True
By Warren Fiske • March 5, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 7, 2019 in a speech.:
"Today’s minimum wage worker making $7.25 an hour has less buying power than a minimum wage worker in the 1960s."
True
By Warren Fiske • February 13, 2019
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on January 9, 2019 in a speech.:
On extreme-risk guns laws, "This idea has passed Republican legislatures in other states and has been signed by Republican governors."  
True
By Warren Fiske • January 23, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate.:
"The national economy was strong in its largest expansion of private sector jobs before President Trump came into office."  
True
By Warren Fiske • September 25, 2018
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 2, 2016 in a radio interview.:
"We adopted the modern Social Security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get Social Security."
True
By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in a debate:
"Richard Nixon released tax returns when he was under audit."
True
By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2016
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