Latest Fact Checks By Paul Specht

GOP official falsely says Bladen voters didn’t call NC elections board about absentee ballots

By Paul Specht

January 30, 2019

Says the NC elections board received "no calls" after alerting Bladen County voters to possible absentee ballot fraud.

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Defending Trump’s request for wall funding, congressman inflates foreign aid plan

By Paul Specht

January 24, 2019

Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and…

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How many migrants come to the US each day? Republican says 2,000

By Paul Specht

January 17, 2019

Says there are "2,000 inadmissible migrants arriving every day"

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New NC law makes small but significant changes to campaign finance investigations

By Paul Specht

January 14, 2019

A bill passed by GOP legislators "makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws."

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No, an election board leader didn’t try to ‘drag’ a woman out of the hospital

By Paul Specht

January 8, 2019

Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on…

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The NC Democrats overstated this law’s effect on election investigations

By Paul Specht

January 7, 2019

Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."

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NC GOP leader mostly right about the lack of protests in the election fraud investigation

By Paul Specht

December 21, 2018

Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.

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NC Democrat: trust in US elections at an ‘all-time low’

By Paul Specht

December 18, 2018

"Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low."

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Voters weren’t ‘denied a ballot’ when NC had voter ID

By Paul Specht

December 11, 2018

"Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries.

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NC GOP misleads about NC election fraud investigation

By Paul Specht

December 4, 2018

"There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.

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McCready is half right about Harris wanting to cut entitlements

By Paul Specht

November 2, 2018

"Mark Harris has said he would cut Social Security and Medicare."

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Dan McCready hasn’t said he’d impeach Trump

By Paul Specht

October 31, 2018

"In our debate, Dan McCready doubled down on his support for Pelosi’s liberal agenda of … impeaching our president."

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