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"Six degrees of separation" theory
Dave Brat
On Abigail Spanberger: "She got $2.2 million from ActBlue...That is the George Soros resistance group."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, November 2nd, 2018
Obama has done so repeatedly
Larry Pratt
Says President Barack Obama "has not condemned" shootings targeting police.
— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, December 27th, 2016
No evidence
Donald Trump
There was "serious voter fraud" in Virginia.
— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
Inventing history
Pat Robertson
Margaret Sanger "wanted a black Christian leader to be like a Judas goat and lead the blacks to genocide. Remember that? And they picked Martin Luther King as their spokesman."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, November 14th, 2016
You mean the other way around?
On gift taking, "Bob McDonnell took a fraction of what (Tim) Kaine took."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Sunday, July 24th, 2016
Not counting 15 Republicans
Hillary Clinton
"I am the only candidate who ran in either primary who said, ‘I will not raise taxes on the middle class.’"
— PolitiFact Virginia on Saturday, July 23rd, 2016
Sanders mostly targets the richest, not 'you people'
Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
No proof
Dick Black
Says Jill McCabe "supports late term abortions. Larger baby parts are more profitable."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, August 10th, 2015
The duck stops here
Alfonso Lopez
On assault weapon violence: "Ducks have more protection than people in Virginia."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, January 26th, 2015
No connection
Ed Gillespie
"This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Sunday, August 3rd, 2014
Wild shot
Chain email
Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine voted "to let the U.N. take OUR guns."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Tour de farce
Laura Ingraham
U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, June 6th, 2014
Explosive charge is a dud
Next Generation Climate Action Committee
Says Ken Cuccinelli wants "to eliminate all forms of birth control."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Sunday, October 27th, 2013
Manufactured crisis
Terry McAuliffe
Ken Cuccinelli "tried to shut down" state government.
— PolitiFact Virginia on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
Selling snake oil
Eric Cantor
Under Obamacare, "The IRS will have access to the American people’s protected health care information."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, August 19th, 2013
Pure fantasy
Says an investigative report concluded Ken Cuccinelli "should have been prosecuted" for disclosure violations, but Virginia's law was too weak.
— PolitiFact Virginia on Saturday, July 20th, 2013
Downplays major changes for abortion clinics
Susan B. Anthony List
New Virginia regulations on abortion clinics "provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Sunday, April 28th, 2013
No ammo
National Association for Gun Rights
U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell "wants gun owners in a federal registration system."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, March 18th, 2013
"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Fueless statement
Richard Saslaw
Except for Virginia, "the other 49 states keep raising their gas tax."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, February 11th, 2013