Latest Fact-Checks In West Virginia

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West Virginia University Faculty Senate
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
stated on September 9, 2023 a no-confidence resolution
During E. Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."
Mostly True
By Ethan Moore • October 5, 2023
Mike Oliverio
Mike Oliverio
stated on August 29, 2023 a Facebook post
“A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.”
True
By Adrianne Dering • September 28, 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
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 26, 2022 a tweet
West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
True
By Faithlyn Graham, Hannah McNelly • November 10, 2022
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on August 25, 2022 a tweet
“Carol Miller is a multi-millionaire worth over $16 million.”
Mostly True
By Emily Oiler, Savannah Quinn • October 27, 2022
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 31, 2022 a Facebook ad
“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."
Mostly False
By Jessica Riley, Sierra Worden • October 25, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 28, 2022 a tweet
“WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
Mostly True
By Amanda Boring • October 18, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 20, 2022 a tweet
“Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.
Half-True
By Aiddia Mitchell, Jasper Birmingham Jr • October 18, 2022
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 23, 2022 a tweet
“Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.”
True
By Courtney Clingan, Samuel Russ • October 13, 2022
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 23, 2022 a tweet
“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
Mostly True
By Megan Bevins, Pearse Costello • October 3, 2022
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on August 29, 2022 a tweet
“There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”
Mostly True
By Eleanor Kenneweg, Maxwell Bruce • October 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2022 a Facebook post
“A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • March 17, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 20, 2021 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 22, 2021
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on December 20, 2021 a radio interview
The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2021
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on November 16, 2021 a Senate hearing
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
Half-True
By Duncan Slade • December 10, 2021
David Gura
David Gura
stated on October 27, 2021 a tweet
“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”
True
By Emily Zirkelbach • November 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 social media posts
“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
Mostly False
By Duncan Slade • November 2, 2021
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 28, 2021 an article in RealClearEnergy
“We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports.”
Half-True
By Ava Peroni, Elisa Contreras • October 5, 2021
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 12, 2021 an op-ed
“In West Virginia, a gallon of gas is nearly one dollar more than it was a year ago, and we’re paying about 30 cents more for a gallon of milk than we did at this time last year.”
Mostly True
By Maxwell Ionno, Olivia Murray • October 5, 2021
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
stated on September 1, 2021 comments at a WVU faculty meeting
“If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”
True
By Abigail Mulhern, Emma Copley • October 5, 2021
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