Kamala Harris, vice president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The biggest reasons for the fall in inflation has been something the administration doesn’t control: interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, a decline in crude oil prices, and a slowdown in China.
SFA Fund, Nikki Haley (R) Super PAC
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: DeSantis did not do this
Joe Biden, U.S. president
Washington Post rated this: Uninformed
Washington Post says: Biden's remarks are remarkably uninformed by history and precedent
Valerie Bertinelli, MoveOn
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Partly false
Mike Johnson, House speaker
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The federal debt goes up by a lot every 20 minutes, and if you look at averages, the increase over that period is more than four times higher than what Johnson said.
One Nation, Conservative group
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Estimates suggest there aren’t even 100,000 fossil fuel jobs in West Virginia today, meaning the notion that so many jobs would be lost in the state is mathematically impossible.
Jim Justice, West Virginia governor (R)
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Numerically, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is right. However, focusing on the absolute value ignores that consumer debt is shrinking compared with the broader U.S. economy.
Americans for Prosperity, advocacy group
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Taxes are poised to rise, but the increases target very large corporations and the richest Americans. These could be passed along indirectly to taxpayers with more modest incomes, but most taxpayers won't see major hikes
West Virginia Republican Party, party organization
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Inflation has outpaced wages for most of Biden’s tenure in office. Wages did outpace inflation for Biden’s first three months, as well as over the past four months, as inflation has receded.
West Virginia University Faculty Senate, faculty organization
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The actual rise in West Virginia University debt attributable to President E. Gordon Gee is about 34%, not 55%. Some of the increase during his presidency stems from debt the university took on before Gee took office.
E. Gordon Gee, WVU president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Less than 2% of WVU's students are primary majors whose departments would be affected by budget cuts. But this count does not include dual majors, minors, or students taking classes in the affected departments.
Donald Trump, former president and 2024 presidential candidate
PolitiFact rated this: During pandemic
PolitiFact says: National average gasoline prices fell to $1.79 in May 2020, when much economic activity, commuting and travel stopped.
Carol Miller, U.S. Representative, R-W.Va.
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: It's clear that gasoline prices have been higher during Joe Biden’s presidency than during Donald Trump’s. However, experts say a president’s ability to shape current gasoline prices is sharply limited.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Vera Files rated this: No basis
Vera Files says: The Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Oct. 5 that the agency cannot yet say with certainty that there is any “causality” of the price cap to the retail prices of the staple. Asked during a briefing if the pric…
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The World Economic Forum and ‘the Great Reset’ have long been at the center of conspiracy theories. But there’s no evidence the forum is planning to seize people’s possessions globally.
Joe Biden, President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched ads targeting Latinos. In one spot, a narrator says Biden has helped the Latino community by lowering its unemployment rate.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Project Hamilton is a research project of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on the feasibility of a hypothetical central bank digital currency, not implementing one.
Social media posts
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Social media posts
Logically Facts rated this: False