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Latest Fact-Checks By Warren Fiske

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Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 10, 2015 a radio interview.
Says he faced "a record budget deficit" in Virginia in 2014.
False
By Warren Fiske • December 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2015 a speech.
 In 2000, "I wrote about Osama bin Laden, ‘We’ve got to take him out.’"
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • December 11, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 3, 2015 a news conference.
"Since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from Virginia public schools.
True
By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 22, 2015 a TV interview.
Says Thomas Jefferson helped "craft" the Constitution.
False
By Warren Fiske • November 27, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV interview.
"When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 16, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2015 a speech.
On the VA: "Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 9, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 a speech
"Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble."
False
By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015
Thomas Norment, Jr.
Thomas Norment, Jr.
stated on October 5, 2015 a debate.
Says "only about 2 percent" of gun sales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.
False
By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 a speech.
"We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • October 20, 2015
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on October 2, 2015 a TV ad
Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually."
False
By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2015
Dan Gecker
Dan Gecker
stated on September 25, 2015 a campaign flier.
Glen Sturtevant is "against smaller class sizes."
False
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2015
Jim Gilmore
Jim Gilmore
stated on September 16, 2015 a tweet.
On the main GOP presidential debate: "Not one candidate on the debate stage has military experience … "
True
By Warren Fiske • September 28, 2015
Victoria Cobb
Victoria Cobb
stated on August 22, 2015 a speech.
"Inspections of abortion centers around Virginia have found multiple violations of parental consent laws … but Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his administration have done nothing."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2015 an interview
Under the Iran deal: "If Israel attacks Iran … we’re supposed to be on Iran’s side."
False
By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • September 4, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.
"I was one of the few, very few, who voted `no’ on the Iran deal."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 31, 2015
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.
"Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi."
True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 25, 2015
Israel O'Quinn
Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.
On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio interview
Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 3, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio show.
"All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 27, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a written statement.
"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015
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