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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 • 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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