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Minh Do is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

Featured Statements

Jim Justice
stated on June 10, 2019 in a press conference:

China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."

By Minh Do • December 4, 2019
David McKinley
stated on October 13, 2019 in an article in a local newspaper:

"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."

By Matthew Digby • November 18, 2019
David McKinley
stated on September 23, 2019 in a news release:

"About 95 percent of America’s production of ethylene is produced on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana."

By Matthew Digby • October 10, 2019
Cecil Roberts
stated on September 4, 2019 in a speech:

"There are 1,600 new coal-fired power plants being constructed as I speak around the world."

By Matthew Digby • September 20, 2019