Statements we say are False

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On Tim Kaine: "In exchange for campaign contributions, he appointed a radical jihadi to the Virginia Immigration Commission."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 3rd, 2016

Donald Trump

As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, August 29th, 2016

Tim Kaine

Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, August 8th, 2016

Dave Brat

"A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Bryce Reeves

Gov. Terry McAuliffe "has made several statements that he would love to be in a Cabinet secretary position with the Clinton administration."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, June 27th, 2016

Rob Wittman

"On average, each U.S. military working dog saves the lives of between 150 and 200 servicemen and women over the span of his career."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Levar Stoney

Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "Jim Crow-era law."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, June 6th, 2016

John Whitbeck

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns.

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, April 4th, 2016

Donald Trump

The Trump Winery near Charlottesville, Va. is the "largest winery on the East Coast."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, March 21st, 2016

Corey Lewandowski

"Mr. Trump is self-financing his campaign, so we don’t have any donors."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, February 22nd, 2016

John O'Bannon

Says "some Planned Parenthood chapters have been selling the body parts of aborted fetuses for profit."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, February 8th, 2016

Ed Gillespie

"More businesses are closing than opening in Virginia today."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, February 1st, 2016

Thomas Garrett Jr.

"A (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, February 1st, 2016

Philip Van Cleave

Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, January 25th, 2016

Tarina Keene

More than 100,000 women in Texas "have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

Occupy Democrats

Says Virginia Del. Mark Cole "wants schools to check children’s genitals before using bathroom."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, January 18th, 2016

Steven Landes

Medicaid expansion "could cost the Commonwealth of Virginia over $1 billion a year..."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, January 11th, 2016

Ted Cruz

"Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, December 29th, 2015

Terry McAuliffe

Says he faced "a record budget deficit" in Virginia in 2014.

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, December 21st, 2015

Ben Carson

Says Thomas Jefferson helped "craft" the Constitution.

— PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, November 27th, 2015