Latest Fact Checks By Paul Specht

Fact-checking ad about GOP congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout’s abortion stance

By Paul Specht

October 1, 2024

Laurie Buckhout is “trying to get to Congress to pass a national abortion ban, allowing politicians to ban abortions with no exceptions and prosecute women…

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Anti-Josh Stein ad cherry-picks stat about rape in North Carolina

By Paul Specht

September 17, 2024

“On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.”

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NC’s Michele Morrow falsely says the ‘plus’ in ‘LGBTQ+’ includes support for pedophilia

By Paul Specht

September 17, 2024

The plus in LGBTQ+ includes pedophilia.

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Checking Josh Stein’s claim about Mark Robinson skipping a ‘vote on teacher bonuses’

By Paul Specht

September 6, 2024

“Mark Robinson skips Board of Education vote on teacher bonuses to hold campaign event.”

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No, North Carolina’s ballot order doesn’t show ‘attempt at voter manipulation’

By Paul Specht

August 28, 2024

The order of candidate names on North Carolina’s ballot shows a “clear attempt at voter manipulation.”

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Burgum exaggerates Biden actions on Nord Stream 2, natural gas exports

By Paul Specht

June 17, 2024

Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity.

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No, North Carolina’s chief justice isn’t removing judges from elected positions

By Paul Specht

June 3, 2024

“Justice Paul Newby is out here removing judges who were elected to their positions by the voters of North Carolina!!!”

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No, North Carolina’s mask bill doesn’t include a ‘carve out’ for the KKK

By Paul Specht

May 22, 2024

North Carolina mask bill includes “specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.”

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Kelly Daughtry falsely accuses Brad Knott of working as ‘Biden’s lawyer’

By Paul Specht

April 25, 2024

“Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.”

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Biden exaggerates Trump’s pandemic comments about disinfectants, UV light

By Paul Specht

March 28, 2024

Says Donald Trump “told Americans all they had to do was inject bleach in themselves. Just take a shot of UV light.”

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Trump says 82% says Americans think 2020 election was “rigged.” Polls, polling executives disagree

By Paul Specht

March 7, 2024

“Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.”

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Which state has the longest voting period in the nation?

By Paul Specht

February 28, 2024

“North Carolina has the longest voting period in the country … and we have the most ways of voting.”

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