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Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 on social media

Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”

By Patrick Orsagos • March 23, 2020

Jim Justice
stated on December 4, 2019 a campaign ad

"Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators."

By Autumn Cecil, Katherine Baile • December 17, 2019

Jim Justice
stated on October 16, 2019 a Facebook post

Says a new annual report shows that "West Virginia’s tourism industry has grown for the second consecutive year, reversing years of decline and outpacing national growth by 58 percent."

By Darby Coughlin, Mackenzie Myers • December 17, 2019

Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 a tweet

"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."

By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019

E. Gordon Gee
stated on June 21, 2019 a speech

"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."

By Steven Murphy, Victoria Gennuso • December 6, 2019

Jim Justice
stated on June 10, 2019 a press conference

China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."

By Minh Do • December 4, 2019

Richard Ojeda
stated on October 19, 2019 a tweet

"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."

By Claudia Breaux, Jacqueline Kautz, Olivia Vigna • November 19, 2019

David McKinley
stated on October 13, 2019 an article in a local newspaper

"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."

By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • November 18, 2019

Shelley Moore Capito
stated on September 19, 2019 a Facebook post

"On average, one person dies by suicide every 22 hours in West Virginia."

By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • November 8, 2019

Joe Manchin
stated on October 29, 2019 a tweet

Murray Energy is "the largest coal company in the United States."

By Broghan Swart • November 8, 2019

Richard Ojeda
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet

"75-100 folks (are) killed a month and over 200 wounded by senseless gun violence."

By Katherine Baile, Maddie Cherry • October 17, 2019

Joe Manchin
stated on September 9, 2019 a Facebook post

"West Virginia Department of Education reported over 10,000 children and youth have been identified as homeless for the 2018-2019 school year."

By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • October 11, 2019

David McKinley
stated on September 23, 2019 a news release

"About 95 percent of America’s production of ethylene is produced on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana."

By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • October 10, 2019

Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 20, 2019 a Facebook post

"A study shows that households neighboring West Virginia could be on the hook for upwards of $70,000 in the first year alone under the Green New Deal!"

By Broghan Swart, Glenn Kittle, Steven Murphy • October 8, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech in Monaca, Pa.

Says in the 2016 presidential election, "I won that one by 42 points -- 42 points -- West Virginia."

By Ryan Schmitt, Victoria Gennuso • October 2, 2019

Jim Justice
stated on August 22, 2019 a tweet

"Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."

By Claudia Breaux, Olivia Vigna • October 1, 2019

Richard Ojeda
stated on August 25, 2019 a tweet

The United States is "#1 in oil consumption" in the world.

By Autumn Cecil, Jacqueline Kautz • October 1, 2019

West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 27, 2019 a tweet

"Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years."

By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • September 26, 2019

Cecil Roberts
stated on September 4, 2019 a speech

"There are 1,600 new coal-fired power plants being constructed as I speak around the world."

By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • September 20, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2019 a speech at George Washington University

"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."

By Kristen Uppercue, Patrick Orsagos • July 18, 2019

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