Latest Fact Checks By Warren Fiske

Van Cleave in ballpark on criminals who had gun background checks

By Warren Fiske

August 13, 2019

"Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check."  

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Bynum-Coleman mostly right about racial disparity in drug arrests and imprisonment

By Warren Fiske

August 6, 2019

"African Americans are three to four times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and nine times more likely to be imprisoned."  

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Scott’s right: ‘Modest’ two-bedroom apartments not affordable at minimum wage

By Warren Fiske

July 30, 2019

"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."  

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Bill Stanley errs in boast about Va. concealed gun permit holders

By Warren Fiske

July 24, 2019

"How many people have with a concealed carry permit have committed a crime in Virginia? ...The answer is zero."  

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McAuliffe falsely claims he inherited $2.4 billion debt left by GOP

By Warren Fiske

June 25, 2019

 "Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans."  

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Do red-flag laws reduce gun suicides, as Creigh Deeds says?

By Warren Fiske

June 19, 2019

Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."  

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Has vaping ‘wiped out’ progress on reducing youth smoking, as Tim Kaine says?

By Warren Fiske

June 12, 2019

"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."

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Northam wrongly says report confirms he wasn’t in racist photo

By Warren Fiske

June 4, 2019

An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture."  

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Sorry Tim Kaine, there are no tobacco frescoes on the state capitol’s ceilings

By Warren Fiske

May 30, 2019

The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."

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Levar Stoney mostly right about Richmond’s rein on real estate tax rates

By Warren Fiske

May 21, 2019

"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."

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Del. Bob Thomas misstates provision in Virginia abortion bill

By Warren Fiske

May 17, 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."…

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Contrary to Tina Freitas, Emmett Hanger didn’t vote for three largest Virginia tax plans

By Warren Fiske

April 30, 2019

State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."  

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