Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Anderson Clayton
Anderson Clayton
stated on October 29, 2025 a press release
“North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the south.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on August 16, 2025 an X post
“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 16, 2025
stated on April 30, 2025 a speech in the North Carolina House of Representatives
“Google caved in to Trump. They erased Black History Month from the calendar.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 15, 2025
Sydney Batch
Sydney Batch
stated on February 28, 2025 a podcast interview
North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 28, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2025 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.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on October 21, 2024 a press conference
“I’ve not gotten a single call from the White House.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 31, 2024
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 9, 2024 a television ad
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 if they get an abortion, treating women right here like criminals.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 1, 2024
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on June 24, 2024 a campaign advertisement
“On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 17, 2024
Josh Stein
Josh Stein
stated on September 5, 2024 a press release
“Mark Robinson skips Board of Education vote on teacher bonuses to hold campaign event.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina
Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2024
Doug Burgum
Doug Burgum
stated on May 25, 2024 a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention
Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 17, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 14, 2024 a social media post
North Carolina mask bill includes “specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 22, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 26, 2024 a speech
Says Donald Trump “told Americans all they had to do was inject bleach in themselves. Just take a shot of UV light.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 28, 2024
Unleash Prosperity Now
Unleash Prosperity Now
stated on August 13, 2023 a political ad
“Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 21, 2023
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 7, 2023 a political ad
A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 11, 2023
Tricia Cotham
Tricia Cotham
stated on April 5, 2023 a press conference
Minority Leader Robert Reives “sent out a statement … encouraging us to resign and/or (face) a primary challenge.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 4, 2023
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
stated on February 8, 2023 a tweet
“North Carolina ranks last in the country in K-12 funding.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 7, 2023
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on January 12, 2023 a tweet
“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2022 a political ad
Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 31, 2022
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley
stated on October 7, 2022 a debate
Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 24, 2022
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