Fact Check Posts – Page 12

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

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

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."

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

Ed Gillespie
stated on April 30, 2016 a speech:

"For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia.

By Sean Gorman • May 12, 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."

By Warren Fiske • May 9, 2016

Randy Forbes
stated on April 21, 2016 a radio interview.:

China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."

By Sean Gorman • May 2, 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."

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."

By Warren Fiske • April 25, 2016

Jack Berry
stated on April 6, 2016 a candidates forum:

Richmond teachers have not gotten a raise "for almost 10 years."

By Sean Gorman • April 18, 2016

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

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

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."

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.

By Warren Fiske • April 4, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on March 24, 2016 a website post.:

"Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."

By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2016

Mark Herring
stated on March 29, 2016 a letter:

"Since 1900, six (U.S. Supreme Court) justices have been confirmed during election years, including Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was confirmed in the final year of the Reagan Administration."

By Sean Gorman, Tom Kertscher • March 29, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview:

"Virginia now is the number one exporter of (agricultural) products to Cuba. We have now jumped to number one."

By Sean Gorman • March 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2016 a news conference:

The Trump Winery near Charlottesville, Va. is the "largest winery on the East Coast."

By Sean Gorman • March 21, 2016

Mark Herring
stated on March 10, 2016 a letter:

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

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."

By Linda Qiu, Warren Fiske • March 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 a campaign rally.:

"The Walton family of Walmart ... This one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people."

By Sean Gorman • March 14, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on February 24, 2016 a campaign rally.:

"Every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of American households owning guns."

By Sean Gorman • March 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 a speech.:

"We work longer hours than any people in the industrialized world, including the Japanese."

By Sean Gorman • February 29, 2016

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