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Jack Tolman is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

Featured Statements

Joe Manchin
stated on April 17, 2019 in a tweet:

"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."

By Garrett Spikes • May 10, 2019
Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 in a press release:

"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."

By Garrett Spikes • April 24, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors.

By Garrett Spikes • April 8, 2019
Patrick Morrisey
stated on January 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:

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

By Garrett Spikes • February 7, 2019

Fact-checking Jim Justice's state of the state address

By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2019

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