Latest Fact-Checks By Sean Gorman

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Susan Stimpson
stated on March 28, 2015 in a Facebook post.:

Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell is "allied to group pushing MIXED SEX BATHROOMS in Stafford Schools."

False

By Sean Gorman • April 6, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 in a news release.:

"Since President Obama took office in January 2009, the federal government has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • March 30, 2015

Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015 in :

"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech:

"Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’"

False

By Sean Gorman • March 9, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech.:

"America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world."

True

By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2015

Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 in a floor speech.:

"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015

Scott Surovell
stated on February 4, 2015 in a floor speech.:

"When did the decline of coal start? It started when natural gas took off … that started to begin in (President George W.) Bush’s administration."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015

Lori Haas
stated on January 19, 2015 in a news conference:

In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • February 16, 2015

Don Beyer
stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech.:

"If you look at the income of average Americans...they’re absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • February 9, 2015

Virginia House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 19, 2015 in :

Assault weapons and handguns are allowed in the state Capitol while bullhorns, trumpets, helium balloons and flags on poles are banned.

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • January 26, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on January 9, 2015 in a news release.:

President Barack Obama’s policies "have resulted in gas prices being reduced from $3.07 per gallon when he was sworn in in 2009 to $2.30 today."

False

By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on December 9, 2014 in a news release.:

"After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding."

True

By Sean Gorman • January 12, 2015

Mark Warner
stated on December 3, 2014 in an interview.:

Regarding sexual assault against women, "It’s actually safer not to be in college than it is to be in college."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • January 4, 2015

Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 21, 2014 in a news release.:

"The President has decided to move forward with executive actions on immigration that he has said on numerous occasions that he didn’t have the constitutional power to take."

True

By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2014

Jim Webb
stated on December 3, 2014 in a conference.:

The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population."

True

By Sean Gorman • December 15, 2014

Richard Saslaw
stated on November 24, 2014 in a presentation.:

Female students at UVA "have a 20 percent chance of being sexually assaulted."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • December 8, 2014

Jim Webb
stated on November 19, 2014 in an announcement.:

The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and "happen to be more than 90 percent white."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • December 1, 2014

Kathleen Murphy
stated on November 18, 2014 in a campaign website:

"The NRA supported background checks..."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • November 24, 2014

Dave Brat
stated on October 15, 2014 in a speech.:

"I’ll be the only economist in the (U.S.) House."

True

By Sean Gorman • November 9, 2014

James Carr
stated on September 20, 2014 in an interview:

"Before World War II, very few people actually had health insurance."

True

By Sean Gorman • October 30, 2014

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