Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on May 2, 2016 a radio interview.

Half of illegal immigrants "come on legal visas and then overstay."

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 18, 2016 a website post.

"Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."

By Warren Fiske • April 25, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on March 24, 2016 a website post.

"Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."

By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2016

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."

By Sean Gorman • February 8, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.

Forty percent of illegal immigrants are "people coming legally on visas and overstaying their visas."

By Warren Fiske • December 28, 2015

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.

By Sean Gorman • December 22, 2015

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."

By Sean Gorman • December 7, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on September 14, 2015 a speech.

"The top 1/10th of 1 percent today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."

By Sean Gorman • September 21, 2015

Barry DuVal
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview

"We're the only major oil-producing nation in the world with a self-imposed ban on exporting our crude oil to other nations."

By Sean Gorman • September 17, 2015

Jim Webb
stated on August 5, 2015 a web post.

"The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."

By Sean Gorman • August 10, 2015

Mark Obenshain
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio interview

Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."

By Warren Fiske • August 3, 2015

Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio show.

"All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia."

By Warren Fiske • July 27, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a written statement.

"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.

By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a news release.

"Income disparities in the United States are the worst since the 1920s."

By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 a Facebook post

"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"

By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015

The Commonwealth Institute
stated on April 30, 2015 a blog post.

Says "roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didn’t pay any income tax in Virginia."

By Sean Gorman • May 27, 2015

Mark Herring
stated on April 14, 2015 a Facebook post.

"By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."

By Warren Fiske • April 20, 2015

Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015

"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."

By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on February 16, 2015 a Facebook post.

"...Over 30 years, federal spending on education has grown by 375 percent, but test scores remain flat."

By Warren Fiske • March 2, 2015

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