Latest Fact-Checks In West Virginia

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Chris Rose
Chris Rose
stated on October 23, 2023 a post on X
Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden.
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By Anthony Starkey • November 2, 2023
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 12, 2023 a post on X
“2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia”
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By Max Cohen • October 20, 2023
Paula Congelio
Paula Congelio
stated on June 23, 2023 a news release
West Virginia University has “increased the amount of unfunded institutional aid provided to students and expects this amount to exceed $134 million in 2024.”
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By Tayler Pillo • October 10, 2023
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on August 30, 2023 a post on X
“Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”
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By Michelle Peribanez • October 6, 2023
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on August 18, 2023 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum
Foreign languages are “not a high priority” nationally
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By Derek Nastasi • October 6, 2023
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 20, 2022 a tweet
“Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.
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By Aiddia Mitchell, Jasper Birmingham Jr • October 18, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on November 16, 2021 a Senate hearing
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
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By Duncan Slade • December 10, 2021
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 28, 2021 an article in RealClearEnergy
“We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports.”
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By Ava Peroni, Elisa Contreras • October 5, 2021
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 8, 2021 an interview on CNN
“West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.”
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By Duncan Slade • September 21, 2021
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on August 15, 2021 a tweet
The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”
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By Trenton Straight, Zach DeLuca • September 21, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on August 30, 2021 on social media
“Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
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By Duncan Slade • September 2, 2021
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on March 3, 2021 a news release
H.R. 1 “mandates practices nationwide” that include “ballot harvesting, universal mail-in voting and same-day registration.”
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By Devyn Osborne, Raeanne Beckner • April 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2020 a text post
Says Joe Biden “made it clear..No More Coal Fired Power Plants!! So, No More Coal!! Wake Up WV, PA,OH, KY”
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By Hayat Norimine • October 2, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on July 27, 2020 a press conference
West Virginia is the state with the oldest population.
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By Patrick Orsagos • July 29, 2020
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on July 10, 2020 a tweet
“Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.”
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By Patrick Orsagos • July 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 on social media
Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”
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By Patrick Orsagos • March 23, 2020
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on June 21, 2019 a speech
"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
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By Steven Murphy, Victoria Gennuso • December 6, 2019
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on October 19, 2019 a tweet
"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."
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By Claudia Breaux, Jacqueline Kautz, Olivia Vigna • November 19, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 22, 2019 a tweet
"Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."
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By Claudia Breaux, Olivia Vigna • October 1, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2019 a Facebook post
"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."
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By Cade Moisey, Davis Versprille, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • May 17, 2019
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