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Latest Fact-Checks In Virginia

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
More than 500,000 mail in ballots in Virginia and 200,000 in Nevada were sent to dead people or pets
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2020
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 26, 2020 in a TV ad.:
Nick Freitas “supports a plan letting insurance companies deny coverage for preexisting conditions like asthma or diabetes.”
True
By Warren Fiske • September 3, 2020
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.:
“When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 19, 2020
The Family Foundation
The Family Foundation
stated on July 9, 2020 in a blog.:
“...Virginia, more than any other state, had the steepest drop in the number of abortions between 2011 and 2017.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 5, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on July 11, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • July 21, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2020 in a news conference.:
On conducting a national search for a new Richmond police chief.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • July 1, 2020
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on June 18, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Protest vandalism in Richmond “all started two weeks ago when Mayor Stoney’s police gassed - tear gassed - a peaceful crowd of protesters, moms and children, at 7:30 p.m. sharp.”
False
By Warren Fiske • June 25, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post.:
“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 20, 2020
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on May 1, 2020 in a news conference.:
Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Warren Fiske • May 12, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on April 10, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Virginia has “lagged behind other states when it comes to (covid-19) testing.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 22, 2020
Kim Gray
Kim Gray
stated on March 3, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 1, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says it’s “OK to kill babies once born” in Virginia.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2020
Denver Riggleman
Denver Riggleman
stated on January 23, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.”
True
By Warren Fiske • February 12, 2020
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 10, 2020 in a committee meeting.:
The State Capitol Police "recommended" banning guns at the Capitol.
False
By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2020
Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on December 9, 2019 in a speech.:
U.S. and Virginia murders are "usually gangbangers killing gangbangers."   
False
By Warren Fiske • January 9, 2020
Mike Adams
Mike Adams
stated on November 27, 2019 in a blog.:
A state senate bill would "criminalize a father teaching his own son how to use a hunting rifle."
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • December 17, 2019
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on November 20, 2019 in a radio interview.:
"We now have the first decline in overdose deaths due to drugs in 30 years - since 1990."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • November 26, 2019
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on November 11, 2019:
"There’s actually been more subpoenas issued by the (U.S. House) majority than bills passed."  
False
By Bill McCarthy, Warren Fiske • November 19, 2019
GayDonna Vandergriff
GayDonna Vandergriff
stated on October 22, 2019 in a campaign mailer.:
Schuyler VanValkenburg co-sponsored a bill that would have "allowed abortion until the moment of birth."  
False
By Warren Fiske • October 30, 2019
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on October 13, 2019 in a TV ad.:
"Sheila Bynum-Coleman said, ‘We need to get the police out of the schools.’"  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 22, 2019
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