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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on April 12, 2025 an X post:
Trump “just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 24, 2025
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on December 3, 2024 comments to reporters:
North Carolina Republicans “took money out of western North Carolina” with Hurricane Helene relief bill.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on January 6, 2025 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.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 17, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on November 20, 2024 an X post:
FEMA delivered “only four” temporary housing units to Helene victims in North Carolina as of Nov. 20.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 10, 2024
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on January 25, 2024 a press conference:
“North Carolina has the longest voting period in the country … and we have the most ways of voting.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 28, 2024
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on August 14, 2023 a campaign email:
A Democrat-sponsored bill proposes a “1,000% gun tax on most firearms.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 8, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 4, 2023 a video posted to Twitter:
Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2023
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 24, 2022 a political ad:
“Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2022
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on September 9, 2022 a political ad:
Ted Budd “helped write legislation to outlaw abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest — a law that could even put doctors in jail.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2022
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley
stated on August 2, 2022 a campaign ad:
“Sixty-four members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — have broken a law to stop insider stock trading, yet Washington refuses to do anything about it.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 1, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 13, 2022 a television ad:
Cheri Beasley “vacated” a man’s death sentence and “threw out” the indictment in a child assault case.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 25, 2022
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 7, 2022 a press release:
“Most Americans favor keeping Title 42 in place.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 22, 2022
David Willis
David Willis
stated on February 17, 2022 a speech:
There are now zero students, staff or anyone “related to the school system” in Union County” hospitalized with COVID-19, despite harsh criticism of school COVID policy.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • March 2, 2022
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 31, 2022 a tweet:
Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 17, 2022
Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on January 11, 2022 a tweet:
“From 1917 to 1994, half of the bills that were successfully filibustered in the Senate were civil rights legislation.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 24, 2022
Erica Smith
Erica Smith
stated on December 30, 2021 a tweet:
“Corporate profit margins are at their highest point in 70 years. … They’re overcharging us for gas, medicine, and groceries, and pocketing the difference.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 7, 2022
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on September 1, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says U.S. left 33 Black Hawks to the Taliban, which has more than “85%” of all countries.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 20, 2021
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on July 19, 2021 a tweet:
Says he worked to pass the 2018 farm bill “that helped farmers, invest(ed) in rural broadband, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults, Budd voted NO.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • August 3, 2021
Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on July 14, 2021 a committee meeting:
"Lumber prices can be tied to the (Trump) administration’s actions."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • July 23, 2021
Wiley Nickel
Wiley Nickel
stated on June 30, 2021 a tweet:
“Over 75% of (North Carolina) supports medical marijuana.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • July 14, 2021
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