Latest Fact-Checks In West Virginia

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2019 a Facebook post
"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."
Half-True
By Cade Moisey, Davis Versprille, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • May 17, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 29, 2019 a tweet
"19% of WVians rely on SNAP," or food stamps.
Mostly True
By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • May 10, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on April 17, 2019 a tweet
"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • May 10, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 5, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia spends more tax dollars on public education than all but 13 other states and the District of Columbia."
False
By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome • May 10, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on April 5, 2019 a tweet
"I was the only member of the Senate – Republican or Democrat – who has consistently voted against efforts to use the so called ‘nuclear option’ to change the rules of the Senate."
True
By Austin Jones, Al Bernardi • April 24, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia’s exports increased for the second year in a row in 2018, reaching $8.1 billion. Additionally, West Virginia’s export growth rate was 14.2%, nearly double the national average of 7.6%."
True
By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on March 19, 2019 a speech
"Our state has fewer science, technology, engineering and math graduates than any neighboring state."
True
By Al Bernardi, Samantha Patrick • April 24, 2019
Nikki Bowmar
Nikki Bowmar
stated on March 30, 2019 a comment in a newspaper article
Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."
Mostly True
By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 a press release
"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 24, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 1, 2019 a tweet
The Affordable Care Act "provided over 200,000 West Virginians with health care coverage."
True
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • April 17, 2019
Andrew Byrd
Andrew Byrd
stated on February 25, 2019 a legislative debate
"The states that have passed (campus carry laws) have seen enrollment drop significantly."
False
By Erica Anderson, Molly DeCarli • April 16, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet
"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. ​
Mostly False
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 8, 2019
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on February 2, 2019 a tweet
In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools."
Mostly False
By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome • April 4, 2019
Mitch Carmichael
Mitch Carmichael
stated on February 14, 2019 an interview with WV MetroNews
In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last."
Mostly True
By Al Bernardi • April 3, 2019
Jeremiah Samples
Jeremiah Samples
stated on February 28, 2019 testimony before the West Virginia state Senate
"We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014."
Mostly True
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • April 3, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on February 6, 2019 a tweet
"We have more women in the workforce than ever before."
Half-True
By Samantha Patrick • March 27, 2019
Brian Joseph
Brian Joseph
stated on February 10, 2019 a newspaper interview
"The catalytic converter used in automobiles was invented in West Virginia."
Mostly False
By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • March 27, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2019 posts on the Internet
"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."
Pants on Fire!
By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet
"This is the largest cumulative surplus for the first six months of any fiscal year in state history."
Mostly True
By Austin Jones, Kyle Coughlin • March 6, 2019
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