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PolitiFact Virginia is a project of Virginia's home for public media to help you find the truth in Virginia politics. Reporters and researchers examine statements by Virginia elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. 

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mostly true
0% 124 Checks
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0% 97 Checks
mostly false
0% 115 Checks
false
0% 173 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Virginia

Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on March 16, 2023 a candidate's forum:
On red flag laws.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2023
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on February 2, 2023 a radio interview.:
Brown v. Board of Education “was never about sending Black children to white schools. It was about parents being able to decide where to send their children to school.”
False
By Warren Fiske • February 22, 2023
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on January 31, 2023 a floor speech.:
“You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.”
False
By Warren Fiske • February 7, 2023
Louise Lucas
Louise Lucas
stated on January 18, 2023 a tweet.:
Glenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.”
False
By Warren Fiske • January 31, 2023
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 23, 2023 a speech.:
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 25, 2023
Aaron Rouse
Aaron Rouse
stated on December 23, 2022 a TV ad.:
“Kevin Adams wants to ban abortion.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 5, 2023
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on December 4, 2022 a tweet.:
“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2022
Cliff Hayes
Cliff Hayes
stated on November 23, 2022 a TV interview.:
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • December 2, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 an interview on CNN:
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on October 31, 2022 a campaign rally,:
In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 11, 2022
Yesli Vega
Yesli Vega
stated on October 20, 2022 an interview.:
They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • November 4, 2022
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 26, 2022 a news conference.:
“I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2022 a TV ad.:
Abigail Spanberger supported “nearly $1 billion in stimulus checks for prisoners, including domestic terrorists.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 18, 2022
Yesli Vega
Yesli Vega
stated on October 7, 2022 a statement.:
On House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • October 11, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on September 21, 2022 a news conference.:
“In 2016, Democrats suggested that the election was stolen.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2022
Elaine Luria
Elaine Luria
stated on September 14, 2022 a tweet.:
“Jen Kiggans’ campaign confirmed today that she would support a national abortion ban.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • September 26, 2022
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on September 2, 2022 a tweet.:
“I don’t accept a dime of corporate money.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2022
Ben Cline
Ben Cline
stated on August 12, 2022 a statement.:
A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann, Warren Fiske • August 24, 2022
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on August 10, 2022 a tweet.:
“Democrats are voting to add an army of 87,000 IRS agents who will target middle class taxpayers and conduct at least 1 million more audits each year. ”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Warren Fiske • August 17, 2022
Yesli Vega
Yesli Vega
stated on July 11, 2022 Facebook post:
“Abigail Spanberger still votes with and shares Joe Biden’s positions 100% of the time.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 11, 2022
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