Latest Fact-Checks By Warren Fiske

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Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.:
Virginia’s “education standards for math and reading are now the lowest in the nation.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • January 21, 2022
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on January 12, 2022 in a speech.:
“We’ve brought in more than $81 billion in economic investment, more than four times any previous administration.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 14, 2022
Doug Wilder
Doug Wilder
stated on January 3, 2022 in a radio interview.:
“When I became mayor of the City of Richmond in 2004, the crime rate was at its highest. When I left in 2008, it was at its lowest.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • January 10, 2022
John McGuire
John McGuire
stated on December 3, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“Overdoses in Virginia (are) up 35%.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2021
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on November 4, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • November 15, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 3, 2021 in a news conference.:
“No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 12, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on September 2, 2021 in a newspaper column.:
“Virginia has the lowest standards for math and reading of all 50 states.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 20, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on October 6, 2021 in a TV interview.:
“Terry (McAuliffe) calls in his friend Joe Biden to actually put the DOJ on Virginia parents.”
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 16, 2021 in a debate.:
On qualified immunity
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • September 29, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 17, 2021 in a tweet.:
“Time and again Glenn Youngkin has made it clear: He would ban abortion as governor.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • September 23, 2021
Jason Miyares
Jason Miyares
stated on September 2, 2021 in a tweet:
“The Parole Board operates with Mark Herring’s advice and consent.”
False
By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2021
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on August 18, 2021 in a speech.:
The Virginia Employment Commission is sixth in the nation for getting benefits to eligible people quickly…”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • September 7, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2021 in a TV ad.:
Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 1, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on August 10, 2021 in radio interviews.:
On ending Virginia's income tax.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • August 25, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on August 6, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“We watched Terry McAuliffe, when he was governor, lower the (accreditation) standards in our schools...”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 18, 2021
David Suetterlein
David Suetterlein
stated on August 9, 2021 in a floor speech.:
The General Assembly gave Gov. Ralph Northam “a $1 billion blank check.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 16, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 9, 2021 in a speech.:
“We actually have this critical race theory moved into all our schools in Virginia.”
False
By Warren Fiske • August 10, 2021
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post.:
“Wearing masks has not been demonstrated to make a significant impact in preventing the spread of COVID.”
False
By Warren Fiske • August 5, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2021 in a TV ad:
“Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 2, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2021 in a speech.:
When Terry McAuliffe was governor, “Unemployment went down in every single county, including rural Virginia by nearly 50%.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2021
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