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Levar Stoney
stated on May 17, 2016 a radio interview.:

Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "Jim Crow-era law."

False

By Warren Fiske • June 6, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.:

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016

Randy Forbes
stated on May 13, 2016 a campaign flier:

Says Virginia Republican "Scott Taylor has been convicted in at least four different courts across the country, at times failing to even appear, and having a warrant issued for his arrest."

Half-True

By Warren Fiske • May 23, 2016

Mamie Locke
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview.:

"The United States has a low voter turnout rate."

True

By Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on May 2, 2016 a radio interview.:

Half of illegal immigrants "come on legal visas and then overstay."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech.:

Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms."

True

By Warren Fiske • May 9, 2016

Kirk Cox
stated on April 20, 2016 a floor speech.:

"In two years, Gov. McAuliffe has vetoed more bills that the previous three governors issued in each of their four-year terms."

True

By Warren Fiske • May 2, 2016

Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 18, 2016 a website post.:

"Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • April 25, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on April 12, 2016 a radio interview.:

"But for immigrants, we would have a contracting population..."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016

Mira Signer
stated on April 28, 2016 a conference.:

States with "the highest gun ownership rates also have the highest suicide rates."

True

By Warren Fiske • April 11, 2016

John Whitbeck
stated on March 28, 2016 an email:

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns.

False

By Warren Fiske • April 4, 2016

Mark Herring
stated on March 10, 2016 a letter:

"Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • March 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 23, 2016 a campaign speech:

The U.S. "doesn’t make television sets anymore."

True

By Linda Qiu, Warren Fiske • March 14, 2016

Corey Lewandowski
stated on February 15, 2016 a radio interview.:

"Mr. Trump is self-financing his campaign, so we don’t have any donors."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 22, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 3, 2016 a TV interview.:

"Under Virginia law, if you are a non-federally licensed (gun) dealer, you cannot get a background check even if you want one."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • February 15, 2016

John O'Bannon
stated on February 1, 2016 a constituent survey:

Says "some Planned Parenthood chapters have been selling the body parts of aborted fetuses for profit."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 8, 2016

Ed Gillespie
stated on January 13, 2016 a Facebook post.:

"More businesses are closing than opening in Virginia today."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2016

Tarina Keene
stated on January 13, 2016 a news conference:

More than 100,000 women in Texas "have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone."

False

By Warren Fiske • January 19, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 17, 2015 a speech.:

"We are taking Virginia’s investment in public education to the highest level in the commonwealth’s history."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • January 11, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.:

Forty percent of illegal immigrants are "people coming legally on visas and overstaying their visas."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • December 28, 2015

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