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Tim Kaine
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech

"When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate."

By Sean Gorman • September 15, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech

"We fixed a loophole in the (gun) background record check system so that we could make our commonwealth safer."

By Sean Gorman • July 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2016 a speech

"A shocking 20 veterans are committing suicide each and every day, especially our older veterans."

By Sean Gorman • July 14, 2016

Thomas Perez
stated on June 18, 2016 an interview.

"If you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesn’t include benefits."

By Sean Gorman • June 29, 2016

Dave Brat
stated on May 24, 2016 Facebook post.

"The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s."

By Sean Gorman • June 13, 2016

Mamie Locke
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview.

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

By 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

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

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

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 • 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 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

Virginia Center for Public Safety
stated on January 18, 2016 a rally flier

"Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire within our own country than American servicemen and women who were killed in all our wars."

By Sean Gorman • January 26, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 3, 2015 a news conference.

"Since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from Virginia public schools.

By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 14, 2015 a news conference.

Says President Barack Obama "will not utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ and as matter of policy, nobody in the administration will say the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’"

By Sean Gorman • November 30, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 a radio show.

"Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C."

By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015

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 … "

By Warren Fiske • September 28, 2015

Mary Mannix
stated on September 16, 2015 a news conference.

"Just about half of rural hospitals operate in the red in Virginia. They operate at a loss."

By Sean Gorman • September 22, 2015

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