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Garrett Spikes

Garrett Spikes

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Garrett Spikes is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

gss0007@mix.wvu.edu

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West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on April 17, 2019 a tweet
"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • May 10, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 a press release
"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 24, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet
"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. ​
Mostly False
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 8, 2019
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on January 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Obamacare premiums "have gone up 160 percent in West Virginia in 4 yrs."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • February 7, 2019
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