Latest Fact Checks By Paul Specht

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

By Paul Specht

December 5, 2017

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

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

By Paul Specht

November 30, 2017

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

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 says state hasn’t really repealed controversial bathroom bill

By Paul Specht

November 22, 2017

The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."

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

By Paul Specht

November 16, 2017

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

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

By Paul Specht

November 6, 2017

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

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Mayor says Raleigh spending more on housing than Dix Park

By Paul Specht

November 2, 2017

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

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

By Paul Specht

October 25, 2017

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

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Raleigh mayor says she debated opponent ‘multiple times’

By Paul Specht

October 18, 2017

Says she debated her opponent "multiple times."

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

By Paul Specht

October 14, 2017

Says he got "support all over Raleigh"

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

By Paul Specht

October 5, 2017

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

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Woodhouse says GOP is winning unaffiliated voters in NC

By Paul Specht

September 27, 2017

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

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

By Paul Specht

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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