Latest Fact-Checks By Warren Fiske

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Amanda Chase
Amanda Chase
stated on December 1, 2020 in a radio interview.:
"In Chesterfield (Va.), the Southside precinct is infamous for having over 100% of the vote count…”
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • December 9, 2020
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on December 3, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“People of color and those of not, they use marijuana at the same rate. People of color are three times more likely to get arrested and convicted.”
True
By Warren Fiske • December 3, 2020
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on October 20, 2020 in a debate.:
“The majority of minimum wage workers...are mothers.”
False
By Warren Fiske • October 30, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on October 8, 2020 in a TV ad.:
Abigail Spanberger and other Democrats “voted to spend public funds on their political campaigns; up to $5 million...”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 20, 2020
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
stated on September 15, 2020 in a TV ad.:
Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on September 9, 2020 in a debate.:
“82% of Americans...would experience a tax increase if Biden were elected.”
False
By Bill McCarthy, Warren Fiske • September 22, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on September 4, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Abigail Spanberger “has voted with Nancy Pelosi over 90% of the time…”
True
By Warren Fiske • September 9, 2020
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 26, 2020 in a TV ad.:
Nick Freitas “supports a plan letting insurance companies deny coverage for preexisting conditions like asthma or diabetes.”
True
By Warren Fiske • September 3, 2020
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.:
“When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 19, 2020
The Family Foundation
The Family Foundation
stated on July 9, 2020 in a blog.:
“...Virginia, more than any other state, had the steepest drop in the number of abortions between 2011 and 2017.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 5, 2020
Daniel Gade
Daniel Gade
stated on July 22, 2020 in a tweet.:
“@Mark Warner and his party bosses are calling to defund the police...”
False
By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on July 11, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • July 21, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2020 in a news conference.:
On conducting a national search for a new Richmond police chief.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • July 1, 2020
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on June 18, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Protest vandalism in Richmond “all started two weeks ago when Mayor Stoney’s police gassed - tear gassed - a peaceful crowd of protesters, moms and children, at 7:30 p.m. sharp.”
False
By Warren Fiske • June 25, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post.:
“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 20, 2020
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on May 1, 2020 in a news conference.:
Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra, Warren Fiske • May 12, 2020
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Dr. Anthony “Fauci told us there’s nothing to worry about. That’s his quote, ‘There’s nothing to worry about.’”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • April 29, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on April 10, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Virginia has “lagged behind other states when it comes to (covid-19) testing.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 22, 2020
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on April 2, 2020 in a radio interview.:
”If you line up all the countries that have done (Covid-19) testing on a per-capita basis, we’re at the bottom of the list.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 15, 2020
Kim Gray
Kim Gray
stated on March 3, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 1, 2020
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