Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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NC governor cherry-picks stats showing tax breaks for wealthiest 1 percent

December 5, 2017

Half of the proposed federal tax breaks ​"would go to the wealthiest 1 percent."

NC Sen. Tillis says plan won’t raise taxes on Americans earning $30K-$70K a year

November 30, 2017

The Senate GOP plan does not raise taxes for Americans earning less than $70,000.

Former NC Gov. says state hasn’t really repealed controversial bathroom bill

November 22, 2017

The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."

Gorka on MSNBC

Former White House aide Gorka says Iran ‘every Friday declares war on us’

November 16, 2017

Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us."

Raleigh mayor: my opponent ‘vows to slash’ park funding

November 6, 2017

Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."

Mayor says Raleigh spending more on housing than Dix Park

November 2, 2017

"We are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on Dix Park right now."

Democrat running for mayor says southeast Raleigh gyms “don’t have air conditioning”

October 25, 2017

"There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don’t have air conditioning in the gym"

Raleigh mayor says she debated opponent ‘multiple times’

October 18, 2017

Says she debated her opponent "multiple times."

Runner-up for Raleigh mayor says he got support from ‘all over’

October 14, 2017

Says he got "support all over Raleigh"

Berger says NC has the “strictest anti-gerrymandering” standards in America

October 5, 2017

North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."

Woodhouse says GOP is winning unaffiliated voters in NC

September 27, 2017

"Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every general election."

Neuse River

NC Democrat says state’s rivers are among the top 5 ‘most polluted’

September 20, 2017

North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.

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