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Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 20, 2013 in a debate.:
"Every (personhood) bill I’ve ever support has either had language that says we’re conforming to the constitutional rulings of the Supreme Court or something to that effect."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 11, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 20, 2013 in debate:
A judge took the Star Scientific tax case away from Ken Cuccinelli
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • August 5, 2013
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on July 16, 2013 in a TV ad.:
"In his book, (Ken) Cuccinelli questions whether Medicare and Social Security should exist." 
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 22, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 18, 2013 in a video.:
"Women still earn about 77 cents for every dollar a man earns for working the same job."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 15, 2013
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on June 27, 2013 in a fundraising letter.:
Says Ken Cuccinelli "attacked churches for helping the poor."
False
By Sean Gorman • July 8, 2013
E.W. Jackson
E.W. Jackson
stated on June 19, 2013 in a speech.:
"In 1960, most black children were raised in two-parent, monogamous families." Today "we have only 20 percent of black children being raised in two-parent, monogamous families..."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • July 1, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 12, 2013 in a speech.:
The state GOP ticket "says their top priority is a career-long mission to outlaw abortion in all cases and ban some common forms of birth control."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 21, 2013
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on May 16, 2013 in a news release.:
"The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 17, 2013
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 24, 2013 in an interview.:
Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan.
False
By Sean Gorman • June 10, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on May 28, 2013 in news conference.:
On restoring voting rights to non-violent felons.
Full Flop
By Sean Gorman • June 3, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 6, 2013 in a website post.:
"In our community college system (state) cuts have reduced funding per student by $1,908."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • May 28, 2013
Ron Meyer
Ron Meyer
stated on April 29, 2013 in a TV interview.:
"Only three in 10 young Americans under 30 -- 30 percent under 30 -- have full-time work."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 13, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on April 18, 2013 in a speech.:
"We have never gone a year in Virginia -- ever -- without passing a budget -- ever."
False
By Sean Gorman • May 6, 2013
Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on April 23, 2013 in a radio ad.:
New Virginia regulations on abortion clinics "provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2013
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 in a statement.:
Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013
Virginia Society for Human Life
Virginia Society for Human Life
stated on April 3, 2013 in a statement.:
Under Obamacare, Virginia taxpayers would have been "forced to pay for abortions" if the General Assembly had not recently intervened.  
False
By Sean Gorman • April 15, 2013
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
stated on March 26, 2013 in a statement.:
Abortion coverage is a standard insurance benefit "in nearly 90 percent of private plans sold in the U.S."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 15, 2013
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on March 3, 2013 in a website post.:
The transportation package passed by the General Assembly would impose the "largest tax increase in Virginia’s history."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • March 15, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 19, 2013 in a news release.:
"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2013
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on February 7, 2013 in a radio interview.:
In Virginia "there has been a billion dollars in surplus over the last three years. The legislature has spent less than 1 percent of that on roads."
False
By Sean Gorman • February 18, 2013
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