“West Virginia is near last in the U.S.” rankings of education, clean drinking water, and child mortality.”
Paula Jean Swearengin
Former U.S. Senate candidate. a tweet. Claim dated 10 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
Statement is correct for drinking water and child mortality, and for K-12 standardized test scores, though graduation rates are high.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Paula Jean Swearengin (Former U.S. Senate candidate) made this claim around 10 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 November 2020, 57 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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