Latest Fact-Checks In West Virginia

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Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on February 15, 2019 a tweeted video
"Just two weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection seized enough fentanyl to kill every person in West Virginia 32 times over."
Mostly True
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • March 6, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on January 14, 2019 an op-ed
West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."
True
By Erica Anderson, Molly DeCarli • February 27, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 22, 2019 a tweet
"Thanks to successful federal, state, and local efforts, preliminary statistics show opioid overdose deaths are down 8.5% in West Virginia."
Half-True
By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome • February 22, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on January 2, 2019 a tweet
The partial government shutdown in early 2019 affected "18,000 federal employees in West Virginia."
Mostly True
By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • February 20, 2019
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on January 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Obamacare premiums "have gone up 160 percent in West Virginia in 4 yrs."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • February 7, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet
"FACT: Unemployment rate has not decreased since @WVGovernor took office."
Mostly False
By Cade Moisey, Matt Holleran • February 4, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 3, 2019 an op-ed
"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."
Mostly True
By Erica Anderson, Mylana Chico • February 4, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on January 8, 2019 an interview on Bloomberg television
"President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."
Mostly True
By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • January 28, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 9, 2018 a tweet
"As of September 2018, there are 6,683 WV children in foster care — 1,415 of whom are legally eligible for adoption."
Mostly True
By Matt Minard • January 10, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 19, 2018 a tweet
"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."
Mostly True
By Matt Minard • December 14, 2018
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on December 8, 2018 an op-ed
"Adjusting for inflation, West Virginia’s median household income has not grown in a decade."
True
By Shannon MacNeil • December 12, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
Mostly True
By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on November 8, 2018 an op-ed
The poverty rate in West Virginia "was 19.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country."
True
By Liz Newton, Zack Schwehm • December 10, 2018
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on November 8, 2018 an op-ed
"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."
True
By Julia Mellett, Sadaf Nikzad • December 7, 2018
Paul Espinosa
Paul Espinosa
stated on October 9, 2018 a tweet
"From 1990 to 2015 under (Democratic) control, W. Va. teacher pay rank plummeted from 30th in the nation to 48th."
Mostly False
By Anja Martin • December 7, 2018
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on November 27, 2018 a tweet
At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."
True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green, Kenna Richards, Patrick Orsagos • December 6, 2018
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on November 15, 2018 a tweet
The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D."
True
By Kristen Mohammadi, Lili Zecevic • December 6, 2018
Roman Prezioso
Roman Prezioso
stated on November 29, 2018 a panel discussion at West Virginia University
"Fifty percent of our (West Virginia) budget was for lower education."
Mostly True
By Lizzie Perry, Shannon MacNeil • December 6, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 14, 2018 an op-ed
The United States imports "50 percent of at least 50 mineral commodities each year, including 100 percent of 21 of them."
Mostly True
By Mary Alice Truitt • December 3, 2018
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 31, 2018 a debate
"Last year we had the eighth fastest-growing economy in the country in West Virginia."
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos, Zack Schwehm • November 29, 2018
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