Latest Fact-Checks By Warren Fiske

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Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on August 8, 2019 in a radio interview.:
"Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 13, 2019
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
stated on July 26, 2019 in a website post.:
"African Americans are three to four times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and nine times more likely to be imprisoned."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 6, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 15, 2019 in a hearing:
"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."  
True
By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2019
Bill Stanley
Bill Stanley
stated on July 9, 2019 in a radio interview.:
"How many people have with a concealed carry permit have committed a crime in Virginia? ...The answer is zero."  
False
By Warren Fiske • July 24, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech.:
 "Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 25, 2019
Creigh Deeds
Creigh Deeds
stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.:
Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 19, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 29, 2019 in a radio interview.:
"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 12, 2019
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on May 23, 2019 in a TV interview:
An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 4, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.:
The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."
False
By Warren Fiske • May 30, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 in a radio interview.:
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas
stated on May 8, 2019 in :
In Virginia, "the woman has the right to talk to the doctor who’s going to perform the abortion and (Democrats) wanted to strip that out."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • May 17, 2019
Tina Freitas
Tina Freitas
stated on April 8, 2019 in a radio interview.:
State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 30, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 16, 2019 in a speech.:
"Disparities in infant mortality between white America and black America (are) greater today, in 2019,  than in the year 1850..."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 23, 2019
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 9, 2019 in a TV interview.:
Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…"  
False
By Warren Fiske • April 16, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 1, 2019 in :
On a bill that would have eased third-trimester abortion resrictions  
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • April 9, 2019
Kaye Kory
Kaye Kory
stated on April 15, 2019 in radio interview.:
"Women in Virginia have been incarcerated at an increasingly high rate. It’s around (a) 300 percent increase in the past four or five years."  
False
By Warren Fiske • April 2, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 24, 2019 in a speech.:
During his governorship, Virginia made "the largest investment ever in K-12 education."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • March 26, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on March 6, 2019 in :
On tax increases.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • March 19, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech.:
"Women earn on average 80-cents on the dollar compared to white men doing similar jobs."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • March 13, 2019
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on February 23, 2019 in a floor speech.:
Virginia House "Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control."  
True
By Warren Fiske • March 5, 2019
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