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
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
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
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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