Latest Fact-Checks By Warren Fiske

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Dave LaRock
Dave LaRock
stated on July 9, 2022 in a speech.:
“Virginia now has the most liberal abortion laws in the world.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • July 22, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 10, 2022 in a TV interview.:
“In Virginia, we actually do protect same-sex marriage.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • July 15, 2022
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on July 9, 2022 in an anti-abortion rally.:
“Ninety-two percent of abortions in Virginia take place before 15 weeks.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 12, 2022
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.:
“The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ”
True
By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2022
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.:
“In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
True
By Warren Fiske • June 24, 2022
Chap Petersen
Chap Petersen
stated on May 25, 2022 in a statement.:
On building an NFL stadium in Virginia.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • June 9, 2022
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on May 18, 2022 in a committee hearing.:
“Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 8, 2022
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on May 12, 2022 in a TV interview.:
Merrick Garland “sicced the police on parents when they were at the school boards simply trying to be heard for the safety of their children.”
False
By Warren Fiske • May 23, 2022
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition
stated on April 30, 2022 in a seminar.:
“CO2 is not a pollutant.”
False
By Warren Fiske • May 12, 2022
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on May 2, 2022 in a tweet.:
“Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett assured the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people that Roe v. Wade was ‘established precedent.’”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 5, 2022
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on April 8, 2022 in a radio interview.:
“They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen, Warren Fiske • April 19, 2022
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on April 4, 2022 in a news release.:
“The proposed (Virginia) House budget cuts hundreds of millions in funding for public education…”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 12, 2022
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on March 22, 2022 in a radio interview.:
Ketanji Brown Jackson “believes in abortion on demand up to the moment of birth.”
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • March 29, 2022
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.:
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
True
By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on February 17, 2022 in a rally.:
Virginia is "one of only a handful of states that actually taxes our veterans’ retirement.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 23, 2022
Jennifer McClellan
Jennifer McClellan
stated on February 15, 2022 in an op-ed.:
“More than half of Virginia’s school buildings are older than 50 years.”
True
By Warren Fiske • February 18, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.:
Virginia’s economic growth “has stalled at less than 1% per year for eight years.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • February 14, 2022
Israel O'Quinn
Israel O'Quinn
stated on February 2, 2022 in a Virginia House subcommittee:
On banning personal use of campaign funds.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • February 9, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.:
“Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • February 2, 2022
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on January 17, 2022 in a TV interview:
“The Loudoun County School Board spent about $300,000 (last year) … to bring CRT in some form or fashion to the school system.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 24, 2022
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