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Latest Fact-Checks By Sean Gorman

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Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 a radio show.:
"Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C."
True
By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015
Mary Mannix
Mary Mannix
stated on September 16, 2015 a news conference.:
"Just about half of rural hospitals operate in the red in Virginia. They operate at a loss."  
True
By Sean Gorman • September 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders
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."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2015
Barry DuVal
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."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 17, 2015
Dan Gecker
Dan Gecker
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.:
"Of the 25 wealthiest nations, we're the only one that doesn't provide basic health coverage."  
True
By Sean Gorman • September 1, 2015
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.:
"Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi."
True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 25, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 12, 2015 a web post:
"We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 24, 2015
Dick Black
Dick Black
stated on August 4, 2015 a tweet:
Says Jill McCabe "supports late term abortions. Larger baby parts are more profitable."  
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • August 10, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 5, 2015 a web post.:
"The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 10, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on July 9, 2015 a written statement.:
"In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on July 5, 2015 an interview:
"The actual deportations from the interior of the country are way down" under President Obama.
True
By Sean Gorman • July 20, 2015
E.W. Jackson
E.W. Jackson
stated on July 4, 2015 a news release.:
Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 13, 2015
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on June 16, 2015 a written statement.:
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on June 15, 2015 a website post:
"More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..."  
True
By Sean Gorman • June 22, 2015
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview.:
Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 15, 2015
The Commonwealth Institute
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."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • May 27, 2015
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on April 30, 2015 a news release.:
The 2005 round of military base closings "has not yet resulted in savings."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 15, 2015
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 23, 2015 a news release.:
An audit shows "there are 6.5 million people who have active Social Security numbers who are 112 years of age or older,"
True
By Sean Gorman • May 11, 2015
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 16, 2015 a floor speech.:
"It’s estimated that 40 percent of all the guns that are sold in the United States occur with no background records check."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2015
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on March 25, 2015 a campaign flier.:
"Rosalyn Dance voted against President Obama’s Medicaid expansion."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 23, 2015
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