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Latest Fact-Checks By Sean Gorman

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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on February 24, 2016 a campaign rally.
"Every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of American households owning guns."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • March 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 a speech.
"We work longer hours than any people in the industrialized world, including the Japanese."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • February 29, 2016
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV interview.
"It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2016
Jill Vogel
Jill Vogel
stated on January 27, 2016 legislative hearing.
In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 8, 2016
Thomas Garrett Jr.
Thomas Garrett Jr.
stated on January 11, 2016 a radio interview.
"A (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force."
False
By Sean Gorman • February 1, 2016
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate
"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016
Virginia Center for Public Safety
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."
True
By Sean Gorman • January 26, 2016
Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on January 18, 2016 a speech
Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 25, 2016
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on January 12, 2016 a blog post.
Says Virginia Del. Mark Cole "wants schools to check children’s genitals before using bathroom."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2016
Steven Landes
Steven Landes
stated on December 24, 2015 a constituent survey.
Medicaid expansion "could cost the Commonwealth of Virginia over $1 billion a year..."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 11, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.
"Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.
False
By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2015
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview.
"Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State.
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • December 22, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview.
"There is a federal criminal law that says it's a crime to transport dentures across state lines."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • December 7, 2015
Ted Cruz
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.’"
True
By Sean Gorman • November 30, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.
"It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • November 23, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.
The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections.
False
By Sean Gorman • November 6, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on October 15, 2015 an executive order.
"It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows." 
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 2, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 radio interview
The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 19, 2015
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on October 5, 2015 a debate.
Virginia’s current unemployment rate is "the lowest in Virginia history."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 12, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on September 8, 2015 radio interview.
"It's estimated we leave somewhere north of $350 billion a year - that's billion - a year on the table uncollected because IRS doesn't have the resources."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2015
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