“Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.”
What PolitiFact found
In 2023, West Virginia’s unemployment rate fell as low as 3.3% for three months. Before Justice’s tenure, the state’s record low was 4.4%. How much credit Justice should get is less clear.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jim Justice (West Virginia governor) made this claim around 24 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 September 2023, 33 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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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