Statements we say are False

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

Bernie Sanders

The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections.

— PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, November 6th, 2015

Donald Trump

"Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 26th, 2015

Thomas Norment, Jr.

Says "only about 2 percent" of gun sales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 26th, 2015

Donald Trump

"We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

Mike Huckabee

The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 19th, 2015