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Get the facts from tonight's Senate debate

Virginia

Ed Gillespie, left, and Mark Warner will debate at 7 p.m.

Nancy Madsen

By Nancy Madsen October 13, 2014

PolitiFact Virginia is ready for the third and final U.S. Senate debate tonight between incumbent Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Republican Ed Gillespie.

We'll be live fact-checking the hour-long debate, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Our tweets, from @PolitiFactVA will help viewers quickly discern when the candidates are telling the truth or twisting the facts.

The debate, organized by the League of Women Voters and AARP Virginia. It will be televised and streamed live by WCVE PBS, WTVR-TV, and C-SPAN. We suggest that you make it a two-screen affair: watch the live-streamed event and follow us on your Twitter feed.

And keep following us after the debate -- we’ll have new fact checks on this race up to Election Day on Nov. 4.

If there’s something you would like to see fact-checked, email us your suggestion.

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stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post.:

Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."

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stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post:

Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."

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stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post:

"We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state university’s head football or basketball coach."

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stated on December 2, 2014 a news release.:

"Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade."

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stated on November 20, 2014 a news release.:

"Every president since Eisenhower has taken executive action to address immigration issues."

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stated on November 12, 2014 a forum:

In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe."

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stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.:

Dave Brat said "the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more."

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stated on October 28, 2014 a debate:

"In K-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world -- at the bottom."

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stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.:

Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."

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stated on September 30, 2014 a TV ad.:

Says PolitiFact has ruled that Ed Gillespie’s ads are false and misleading.

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National Rifle Association

stated on September 8, 2014 a mailer.:

Says Mark Warner "has supported restrictions on veterans’ second amendment rights."

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Democratic Party of Virginia

stated on September 16, 2014 a news release.:

"Hospitals have already begun layoffs, a direct result of Republican inaction" on Medicaid expansion.

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stated on September 29, 2014:

On opposing legislation that would take away existing health care plans.

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stated on August 13, 2014 a newsletter.:

Virginia Democrats recently enforced voter ID rules that were "considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce."

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stated on August 20, 2014 a tweet.:

Pinnacle Overlook in Southwest Virginia is "closer to eight other state capitals than to Richmond."

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Andrew Cuomo
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“Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.”

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Says Nancy Pelosi tried “once again” to include abortion funding in the latest coronavirus bill.

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Scott Manley
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“The new Dane County lockdown policy… (has) effectively killed Badger football, hockey, and basketball for 2020.”

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“Antifa is warning that tonight they're moving out of the cities - and into residential areas to 'take what's ours.'”

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Darren Jackson
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“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”

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Donald Trump
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During protests outside the White House, Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn't let the D.C. Police get involved."

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George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests were planned to introduce martial law and “purge” the United States.

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Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”

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