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Latest Fact-Checks By Warren Fiske

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Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on August 8, 2019 a radio interview.
"Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 13, 2019
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
stated on July 26, 2019 a website post.
"African Americans are three to four times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and nine times more likely to be imprisoned."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 6, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 15, 2019 a hearing
"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."  
True
By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2019
Bill Stanley
Bill Stanley
stated on July 9, 2019 a radio interview.
"How many people have with a concealed carry permit have committed a crime in Virginia? ...The answer is zero."  
False
By Warren Fiske • July 24, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 18, 2019 a speech.
 "Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 25, 2019
Creigh Deeds
Creigh Deeds
stated on June 11, 2019 radio interview.
Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 19, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 29, 2019 a radio interview.
"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 12, 2019
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on May 23, 2019 a TV interview
An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 4, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 20, 2019 a floor speech.
The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."
False
By Warren Fiske • May 30, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 a radio interview.
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas
stated on May 8, 2019
In Virginia, "the woman has the right to talk to the doctor who’s going to perform the abortion and (Democrats) wanted to strip that out."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • May 17, 2019
Tina Freitas
Tina Freitas
stated on April 8, 2019 a radio interview.
State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 30, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 16, 2019 a speech.
"Disparities in infant mortality between white America and black America (are) greater today, in 2019,  than in the year 1850..."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 23, 2019
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 9, 2019 a TV interview.
Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…"  
False
By Warren Fiske • April 16, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 1, 2019
On a bill that would have eased third-trimester abortion resrictions  
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • April 9, 2019
Kaye Kory
Kaye Kory
stated on April 15, 2019 radio interview.
"Women in Virginia have been incarcerated at an increasingly high rate. It’s around (a) 300 percent increase in the past four or five years."  
False
By Warren Fiske • April 2, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 24, 2019 a speech.
During his governorship, Virginia made "the largest investment ever in K-12 education."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • March 26, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on March 6, 2019
On tax increases.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • March 19, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech.
"Women earn on average 80-cents on the dollar compared to white men doing similar jobs."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • March 13, 2019
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on February 23, 2019 a floor speech.
Virginia House "Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control."  
True
By Warren Fiske • March 5, 2019
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