Latest Fact-checks by Duncan Slade Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Joe Manchin stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing: The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy." Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts: “Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.” Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.” X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” Jim Justice stated on March 4, 2021 in a tweet: West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”
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Joe Manchin stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing: The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy." Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts: “Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.” Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.” X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” Jim Justice stated on March 4, 2021 in a tweet: West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”
Joe Manchin stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing: The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts: “Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.”
X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
Jim Justice stated on March 4, 2021 in a tweet: West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”