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Latest Fact-Checks On Jim Justice

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Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 12, 2023 a post on X
“2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia”
Half-True
By Max Cohen • October 20, 2023
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."
Mostly True
By Ashala Moseberry • October 19, 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.”
Mostly True
By Kylie Tuttle • September 26, 2023
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
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 July 27, 2020 a press conference
West Virginia is the state with the oldest population.
Half-True
By Patrick Orsagos • July 29, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on December 4, 2019 a campaign ad
"Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators."
Pants on Fire!
By Autumn Cecil, Katherine Baile • December 17, 2019
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
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."
Mostly True
By Minh Do • December 4, 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."
Half-True
By Claudia Breaux, Olivia Vigna • October 1, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet
"This is the largest cumulative surplus for the first six months of any fiscal year in state history."
Mostly True
By Austin Jones, Kyle Coughlin • March 6, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 9, 2018 a tweet
"As of September 2018, there are 6,683 WV children in foster care — 1,415 of whom are legally eligible for adoption."
Mostly True
By Matt Minard • January 10, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 19, 2018 a tweet
"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."
Mostly True
By Matt Minard • December 14, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
Mostly True
By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 27, 2018 a tweet
"Thousands of folks are opening West Virginia E-ZPass accounts."
True
By Joseph Kennedy • October 24, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 17, 2018 a tweet
"According to SCUBA divers, Summersville Lake is the clearest freshwater lake east of the Mississippi River."
Mostly False
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 13, 2018