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The partial government shutdown in early 2019 affected "18,000 federal employees in West Virginia."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

Obamacare premiums "have gone up 160 percent in West Virginia in 4 yrs."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, February 7th, 2019

"FACT: Unemployment rate has not decreased since @WVGovernor took office."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, February 4th, 2019

"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, February 4th, 2019

"President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, January 28th, 2019

"As of September 2018, there are 6,683 WV children in foster care — 1,415 of whom are legally eligible for adoption."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, January 10th, 2019

"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, December 14th, 2018

"Adjusting for inflation, West Virginia’s median household income has not grown in a decade."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018

"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, December 10th, 2018

The poverty rate in West Virginia "was 19.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, December 10th, 2018

"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, December 7th, 2018

"From 1990 to 2015 under (Democratic) control, W. Va. teacher pay rank plummeted from 30th in the nation to 48th."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, December 7th, 2018

At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, December 6th, 2018

The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, December 6th, 2018

"Fifty percent of our (West Virginia) budget was for lower education."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, December 6th, 2018

The United States imports "50 percent of at least 50 mineral commodities each year, including 100 percent of 21 of them."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, December 3rd, 2018

"Last year we had the eighth fastest-growing economy in the country in West Virginia."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 29th, 2018

"Middle-class income rose to a record level in 2017 as the strong economy lifted the fortunes of more Americans."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 15th, 2018

"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 15th, 2018

"Even in California now, they don’t want to be sanctuary cities anymore. They want out."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 15th, 2018