“Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators.”
Jim Justice
West Virginia governor. a campaign ad. Claim dated 4 Dec 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
In short
Jim Justice (West Virginia governor) made this claim around 4 December 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 December 2019, 13 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Jim Justice has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
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