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Broghan Swart is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

Featured Statements

Joe Manchin
stated on October 29, 2019 in a tweet:

Murray Energy is "the largest coal company in the United States."

By Broghan Swart • November 8, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"A study shows that households neighboring West Virginia could be on the hook for upwards of $70,000 in the first year alone under the Green New Deal!"

By Glenn Kittle • October 8, 2019