Latest Fact-Checks In West Virginia

Clear
Mike Oliverio
Mike Oliverio
stated on August 29, 2023 a Facebook post
“A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.”
True
By Adrianne Dering • September 28, 2023
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 26, 2022 a tweet
West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
True
By Faithlyn Graham, Hannah McNelly • November 10, 2022
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 23, 2022 a tweet
“Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.”
True
By Courtney Clingan, Samuel Russ • October 13, 2022
David Gura
David Gura
stated on October 27, 2021 a tweet
“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”
True
By Emily Zirkelbach • November 9, 2021
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
stated on September 1, 2021 comments at a WVU faculty meeting
“If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”
True
By Abigail Mulhern, Emma Copley • October 5, 2021
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on August 10, 2021 a tweet
“Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.”
True
By Danny Kuhn, John Brumley • October 5, 2021
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on March 4, 2021 a tweet
West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”
True
By Duncan Slade • March 25, 2021
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on March 7, 2021 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2021
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 14, 2020 a Facebook post
“West Virginia has one of the greatest percentages of veterans in any state.”
True
By Ivy Ward, Melissa Stone • October 15, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on October 16, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a new annual report shows that "West Virginia’s tourism industry has grown for the second consecutive year, reversing years of decline and outpacing national growth by 58 percent."
True
By Darby Coughlin, Mackenzie Myers • December 17, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on September 19, 2019 a Facebook post
"On average, one person dies by suicide every 22 hours in West Virginia."
True
By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • November 8, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 9, 2019 a Facebook post
"West Virginia Department of Education reported over 10,000 children and youth have been identified as homeless for the 2018-2019 school year."
True
By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • October 11, 2019
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on September 23, 2019 a news release
"About 95 percent of America’s production of ethylene is produced on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana."
True
By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • October 10, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech in Monaca, Pa.
Says in the 2016 presidential election, "I won that one by 42 points -- 42 points -- West Virginia."
True
By Ryan Schmitt, Victoria Gennuso • October 2, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on April 5, 2019 a tweet
"I was the only member of the Senate – Republican or Democrat – who has consistently voted against efforts to use the so called ‘nuclear option’ to change the rules of the Senate."
True
By Austin Jones, Al Bernardi • April 24, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia’s exports increased for the second year in a row in 2018, reaching $8.1 billion. Additionally, West Virginia’s export growth rate was 14.2%, nearly double the national average of 7.6%."
True
By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on March 19, 2019 a speech
"Our state has fewer science, technology, engineering and math graduates than any neighboring state."
True
By Al Bernardi, Samantha Patrick • April 24, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 1, 2019 a tweet
The Affordable Care Act "provided over 200,000 West Virginians with health care coverage."
True
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • April 17, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on January 14, 2019 an op-ed
West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."
True
By Erica Anderson, Molly DeCarli • February 27, 2019
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on December 8, 2018 an op-ed
"Adjusting for inflation, West Virginia’s median household income has not grown in a decade."
True
By Shannon MacNeil • December 12, 2018
Next