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stated on January 16, 2026 in an email:

“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”

By Paul Specht • January 23, 2026

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stated on December 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:

A new North Carolina law “prohibits the use of wireless communication devices while driving.”

By Paul Specht • December 4, 2025

Richard Hudson
stated on November 24, 2025 in a newsletter:

“This Thanksgiving, turkey prices are at their lowest point since 2000.”

By Paul Specht • November 26, 2025

stated on November 17, 2025 in an interview posted to X:

“There’s about 1,400 criminal illegal aliens that, right now, are in North Carolina and Charlotte’s jails that they refuse to turn over to ICE law enforcement.”

By Paul Specht • November 24, 2025

Anderson Clayton
stated on October 29, 2025 in a press release:

“North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the south.”

By Paul Specht • November 8, 2025

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stated on August 16, 2025 in an X post:

“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”

By Paul Specht • September 16, 2025

stated on September 6, 2025 in an X post:

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “bears direct responsibility” for the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte rail system.

By Paul Specht, Will Doran • September 12, 2025

stated on June 13, 2025 in an email:

“Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”

By Paul Specht • August 7, 2025

Josh Stein
stated on June 6, 2025 in an X post:

“Guns are the leading cause of death for children in North Carolina.”

By Paul Specht • August 5, 2025

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stated on July 8, 2025 in an X post:

Former Gov. Roy Cooper is scheduled to speak at a Winston-Salem coffee shop July 18 at 11 a.m. about the “future of North Carolina.”

By Paul Specht, Will Doran • July 10, 2025

stated on April 2, 2025 in a speech:

“Contractors are being rejected” from providing Hurricane Helene relief in North Carolina because of racial “quotas” required by the state.

By Paul Specht • May 30, 2025

stated on April 30, 2025 in a speech in the North Carolina House of Representatives:

“Google caved in to Trump. They erased Black History Month from the calendar.”

By Paul Specht • May 15, 2025

Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on April 12, 2025 in an X post:

Trump “just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene.”

By Paul Specht • April 24, 2025

Sydney Batch
stated on February 28, 2025 in a podcast interview:

North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.”

By Paul Specht • March 28, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina:

"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.

By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • January 29, 2025

Roy Cooper
stated on December 3, 2024 in comments to reporters:

North Carolina Republicans “took money out of western North Carolina” with Hurricane Helene relief bill.

By Paul Specht • January 29, 2025

Dana Loesch
stated on January 6, 2025 in an X post:

Buncombe County “is still demanding property taxes on homes destroyed by Hurricane Helene based on pre-Helene assessments that no longer apply.”

By Paul Specht • January 17, 2025

TikTok posts
stated on December 4, 2024 in a video:

Mitchell County, North Carolina, sheriff’s deputies “stole” generators intended for Hurricane Helene victims.

By Paul Specht • January 6, 2025

X posts
stated on November 20, 2024 in an X post:

FEMA delivered “only four” temporary housing units to Helene victims in North Carolina as of Nov. 20.

By Paul Specht • December 10, 2024

X posts
stated on November 12, 2024 in a social media post:

“Red Cross is set to close shelters across North Carolina on Nov. 15. Families staying in these shelters are being told: ‘If you don’t have a safe place to take your children, you won’t be leaving with them.’”

By Paul Specht • November 18, 2024

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