Latest Fact-Checks In West Virginia

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Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 14, 2023 a post on X
"Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER."
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By Ashala Moseberry • October 19, 2023
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 17, 2023 a post on X
“Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
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By Jacquie Broush • October 12, 2023
George Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
stated on July 11, 2023 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum
“The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.”
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By Aubrey Burkhardt • October 6, 2023
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 23, 2023 a post on X
“#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”
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By Sophia Bookwood • October 5, 2023
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 2, 2023 a post on X
“Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.”
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By Samuel Russ • October 5, 2023
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
stated on September 9, 2023 a no-confidence resolution
During E. Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."
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By Ethan Moore • October 5, 2023
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 24, 2023 a post on X
“Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.”
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By Kylie Tuttle • September 26, 2023
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on August 25, 2022 a tweet
“Carol Miller is a multi-millionaire worth over $16 million.”
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By Emily Oiler, Savannah Quinn • October 27, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 28, 2022 a tweet
“WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
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By Amanda Boring • October 18, 2022
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 23, 2022 a tweet
“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
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By Megan Bevins, Pearse Costello • October 3, 2022
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on August 29, 2022 a tweet
“There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”
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By Eleanor Kenneweg, Maxwell Bruce • October 3, 2022
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 12, 2021 an op-ed
“In West Virginia, a gallon of gas is nearly one dollar more than it was a year ago, and we’re paying about 30 cents more for a gallon of milk than we did at this time last year.”
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By Maxwell Ionno, Olivia Murray • October 5, 2021
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on March 4, 2021 a press conference
President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.”
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By Lara Bonatesta, Mackenzie Gilligan • April 15, 2021
Paula Jean Swearengin
Paula Jean Swearengin
stated on September 10, 2020 a tweet
“West Virginia is near last in the U.S.” rankings of education, clean drinking water, and child mortality.
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By Morgan Akers, Rylan Toledo • November 6, 2020
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 19, 2020 an interview with the Washington Examiner
“Now with the COVID-19 … more people are dependent on drugs or alcohol.”
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By Delaney Geiger, Julia Maltby • October 28, 2020
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on September 9, 2020 a tweet
"Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.”
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By Camren Gandee, Julia Manley • October 15, 2020
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 30, 2020 a tweet
“In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
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By Patrick Orsagos • August 19, 2020
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
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By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on June 10, 2019 a press conference
China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."
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By Minh Do • December 4, 2019
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 13, 2019 an article in a local newspaper
"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."
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By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • November 18, 2019
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