Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 10, 2015 in a radio interview.:

Says he faced "a record budget deficit" in Virginia in 2014.

By Warren Fiske • December 21, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2015 in a speech.:

In 2000, "I wrote about Osama bin Laden, ‘We’ve got to take him out.’"

By Warren Fiske • December 11, 2015

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 3, 2015 in a news conference.:

"Since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from Virginia public schools.

By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 22, 2015 in a TV interview.:

Says Thomas Jefferson helped "craft" the Constitution.

By Warren Fiske • November 27, 2015

Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 2, 2015 in a TV interview.:

"When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history."

By Warren Fiske • November 16, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech.:

On the VA: "Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care."

By Warren Fiske • November 9, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech:

"Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble."

By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015

Thomas Norment, Jr.
stated on October 5, 2015 in a debate.:

Says "only about 2 percent" of gun sales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.

By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.:

"We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."

By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • October 20, 2015

Glen Sturtevant
stated on October 2, 2015 in a TV ad:

Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually."

By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2015

Dan Gecker
stated on September 25, 2015 in a campaign flier.:

Glen Sturtevant is "against smaller class sizes."

By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2015

Jim Gilmore
stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet.:

On the main GOP presidential debate: "Not one candidate on the debate stage has military experience … "

By Warren Fiske • September 28, 2015

Victoria Cobb
stated on August 22, 2015 in a speech.:

"Inspections of abortion centers around Virginia have found multiple violations of parental consent laws … but Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his administration have done nothing."

By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2015 in an interview:

Under the Iran deal: "If Israel attacks Iran … we’re supposed to be on Iran’s side."

By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • September 4, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.:

"I was one of the few, very few, who voted `no’ on the Iran deal."

By Warren Fiske • August 31, 2015

Glen Sturtevant
stated on August 18, 2015 in a candidates' forum.:

"Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi."

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 25, 2015

Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.:

On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."

By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015

Mark Obenshain
stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio interview:

Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."

By Warren Fiske • August 3, 2015

Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio show.:

"All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia."

By Warren Fiske • July 27, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a written statement.:

"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.

By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015

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