“Such a shame to see Terry McAuliffe indicate he will end Virginia’s routine election audits. … Virginia law requires voting machine audits. Not a surprise McAuliffe opposes audits.”
Glenn Youngkin
Virginia gubernatorial candidate (R). in a tweet. Claim dated 6 Oct 2021.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
McAuliffe signed the very law that Youngkin cites in his tweet.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Glenn Youngkin (Virginia gubernatorial candidate (R)) made this claim around 6 October 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 October 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Glenn Youngkin has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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