Latest True Fact-checks on Bob McDonnell 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 Bob McDonnell stated on January 8, 2013 in a news conference. : Says his transportation plan "would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline." Bob McDonnell stated on December 6, 2012 in a news conference.: Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country." Bob McDonnell stated on August 26, 2012 in a TV interview.: The GOP platform that seeks further limits on abortion and is silent on an exception for rape "has been there for more than 30 years." Bob McDonnell stated on December 19, 2011 in a speech.: Says he’s proposed "the largest employer contribution to the Virginia Retirement System in history." Bob McDonnell stated on July 13, 2011 in a TV interview.: Ninety percent of the job growth in Virginia has been in the private sector. Bob McDonnell stated on May 20, 2011 in an interview.: For more than 30 years after World War II, there was a steady reduction in U.S. debt as a percentage of gross domestic product. Bob McDonnell stated on November 30, 2010: "The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years." Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."
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Bob McDonnell stated on January 8, 2013 in a news conference. : Says his transportation plan "would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline." Bob McDonnell stated on December 6, 2012 in a news conference.: Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country." Bob McDonnell stated on August 26, 2012 in a TV interview.: The GOP platform that seeks further limits on abortion and is silent on an exception for rape "has been there for more than 30 years." Bob McDonnell stated on December 19, 2011 in a speech.: Says he’s proposed "the largest employer contribution to the Virginia Retirement System in history." Bob McDonnell stated on July 13, 2011 in a TV interview.: Ninety percent of the job growth in Virginia has been in the private sector. Bob McDonnell stated on May 20, 2011 in an interview.: For more than 30 years after World War II, there was a steady reduction in U.S. debt as a percentage of gross domestic product. Bob McDonnell stated on November 30, 2010: "The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years." Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."
Bob McDonnell stated on January 8, 2013 in a news conference. : Says his transportation plan "would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline."
Bob McDonnell stated on December 6, 2012 in a news conference.: Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country."
Bob McDonnell stated on August 26, 2012 in a TV interview.: The GOP platform that seeks further limits on abortion and is silent on an exception for rape "has been there for more than 30 years."
Bob McDonnell stated on December 19, 2011 in a speech.: Says he’s proposed "the largest employer contribution to the Virginia Retirement System in history."
Bob McDonnell stated on July 13, 2011 in a TV interview.: Ninety percent of the job growth in Virginia has been in the private sector.
Bob McDonnell stated on May 20, 2011 in an interview.: For more than 30 years after World War II, there was a steady reduction in U.S. debt as a percentage of gross domestic product.
Bob McDonnell stated on November 30, 2010: "The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years."
Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."
