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Latest Fact-Checks In Virginia

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Israel O'Quinn
Israel O'Quinn
stated on February 2, 2022 a Virginia House subcommittee:
On banning personal use of campaign funds.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • February 9, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.:
“Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • February 2, 2022
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on January 17, 2022 a TV interview:
“The Loudoun County School Board spent about $300,000 (last year) … to bring CRT in some form or fashion to the school system.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 24, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.:
Virginia’s “education standards for math and reading are now the lowest in the nation.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • January 21, 2022
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on January 12, 2022 a speech.:
“We’ve brought in more than $81 billion in economic investment, more than four times any previous administration.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 14, 2022
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on January 4, 2022 a segment:
A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2022
Doug Wilder
Doug Wilder
stated on January 3, 2022 a radio interview.:
“When I became mayor of the City of Richmond in 2004, the crime rate was at its highest. When I left in 2008, it was at its lowest.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • January 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 4, 2022 a post:
Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.
False
By Jeff Cercone • January 7, 2022
John McGuire
John McGuire
stated on December 3, 2021 a radio interview.:
“Overdoses in Virginia (are) up 35%.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview:
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on November 4, 2021 a radio interview.:
“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • November 15, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 3, 2021 a news conference.:
“No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 12, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on November 2, 2021 a tweet:
“Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on October 30, 2021 an article:
“Fairfax County is not requiring the last four digits of Social Security Numbers on absentee ballots in this election.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Virginia Democrat operatives” and Terry McAuliffe campaign staffers posed as white supremacists and stood by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s bus.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2021 a Facebook post:
Virginia voters are being turned away from polling locations because they were told they already requested absentee ballots when they haven’t.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 29, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 24, 2021 a Facebook post:
Terry McAuliffe has a campaign sign that says, “Keep parents out of classrooms.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 27, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 23, 2021 a headline:
“Barack Obama signals That Democrats Intend to Cheat in the Virginia Governor’s Election.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on September 2, 2021 a newspaper column.:
“Virginia has the lowest standards for math and reading of all 50 states.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 20, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on October 6, 2021 a TV interview.:
“Terry (McAuliffe) calls in his friend Joe Biden to actually put the DOJ on Virginia parents.”
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2021
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