Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on May 3, 2021 a tweet
Says he was “one of the 2 (state Senators) who voted against” North Carolina’s body camera law.
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By Paul Specht • May 7, 2021
Jenna Wadsworth
Jenna Wadsworth
stated on January 26, 2021 a tweet
North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall "has won more statewide races than probably anyone else alive."
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By Paul Specht • February 2, 2021
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on December 1, 2020 a press conference
Says COVID-19 has killed more North Carolinians in a year than the flu has in 10 years.
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By Paul Specht • December 4, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic."
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By Paul Specht • October 30, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”
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By Paul Specht • October 15, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 an ad
Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”
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By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on June 22, 2020 a tweet
"North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.
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By Paul Specht • June 25, 2020
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 a tweet
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
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By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 10, 2020 an op-ed
North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public."
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By Paul Specht • April 23, 2020
Kelly Alexander
Kelly Alexander
stated on March 11, 2020 a tweet
Says "most" NC legislators are in the "high risk age group" for coronavirus
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By Paul Specht • March 18, 2020
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on November 27, 2019 a tweet
Says the cartels are so bad in a Mexican border state that the U.S. government issued a ‘Do Not Travel’ warning -- the same warning it issued for Syria.
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By Paul Specht • December 5, 2019
Stony Rushing
Stony Rushing
stated on April 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Says "5 out of 10" GOP candidates don’t live in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
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By Paul Specht • April 25, 2019
Allen Thomas
Allen Thomas
stated on April 9, 2019 a candidate questionnaire
"Currently, 23 percent of our military's infrastructure is graded as 'poor' while 9 percent is 'failing.'"
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By Bill McCarthy • April 23, 2019
John Torbett
John Torbett
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet
Says all North Carolina teachers do not currently get a "duty free lunch break."
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By Bill McCarthy • April 16, 2019
Quentin Miller
Quentin Miller
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech
Says an ICE detainer request "is not a valid warrant."
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By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • March 28, 2019
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on February 25, 2019 a speech
"Since 2011, the gap in high school graduation rates between African-American students and all students has been cut in half, from 6.4 percent to 3.1 percent."
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By Bill McCarthy • March 7, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on December 26, 2018 a Facebook post
A bill passed by GOP legislators "makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws."
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By Paul Specht • January 14, 2019
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on October 17, 2018 a debate
"Mark Harris has said he would abolish the Department of Education."
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By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2018
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on August 30, 2018
Most of Kathy Manning’s donors are from out-of-state.
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By Rashaan Ayesh • September 26, 2018
Civitas Institute
Civitas Institute
stated on June 25, 2018 a tweet
"Apple and Amazon already operate in many states that require levels of voter ID."
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By Rashaan Ayesh • August 22, 2018
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