Latest Fact-Checks In West Virginia

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stated on November 5, 2025 an X post
West Virginia is “the only state losing population.”
False
By Trent Ao • November 21, 2025
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on November 2, 2023 a post on X
Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.”
False
By Ayden Norcross • November 21, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 11, 2023 a rally in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2023
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on August 21, 2023 a campaign website
Jim Justice “supports banning sporting rifles for law-abiding citizens.”
False
By Ayden Norcross • October 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2022 a Facebook post
“A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine.
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By Gabrielle Settles • March 17, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 20, 2021 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 22, 2021
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 7, 2021 remarks on ABC's "This Week"
“Very few … if any” states have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
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By Harrison Dover, Sammie Smith • April 28, 2021
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 5, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia spends more tax dollars on public education than all but 13 other states and the District of Columbia."
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By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome • May 10, 2019
Andrew Byrd
Andrew Byrd
stated on February 25, 2019 a legislative debate
"The states that have passed (campus carry laws) have seen enrollment drop significantly."
False
By Erica Anderson, Molly DeCarli • April 16, 2019
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on October 13, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Joe Manchin "supported Obama and Clinton's campaigns to kill coal jobs."
False
By Joseph Kennedy • November 5, 2018
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on September 20, 2018 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum
In public approval, "the press is rated right now below that of Congress, and that is very low; it’s in the single digits."
False
By Mary Alice Truitt • October 29, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 16, 2018 remarks at a teachers' rally
West Virginia has "more veterans per capita" than any state.
False
By Emily Martin • October 11, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 14, 2018 tweet
Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."
False
By Kristen Mohammadi • October 11, 2018