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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Civitas Institute
Civitas Institute
stated on January 28, 2019 a tweet:
"There are almost 60,000 North Carolina children on waiting lists to access a school that works best for them."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • February 5, 2019
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on January 17, 2019 a tweet:
Says the NC elections board received "no calls" after alerting Bladen County voters to possible absentee ballot fraud.
False
By Paul Specht • January 30, 2019
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet:
Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 24, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet:
"The debate on securing our border can't be measured in partisan jabs. It has to be measured in the human toll caused by porous borders: 1/3 migrant women are sexually assaulted;  7/10 migrants are victims of violence; 20k migrant children were illegally smuggled last month."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2019
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet:
Says there are "2,000 inadmissible migrants arriving every day"
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 17, 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."
True
By Paul Specht • January 14, 2019
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 19, 2018 a press release:
Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 8, 2019
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on December 27, 2018 a tweet:
Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 7, 2019
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on December 8, 2018 a tweet:
Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • December 21, 2018
Dan Blue
Dan Blue
stated on December 6, 2018:
"Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low."
False
By Paul Specht • December 18, 2018
Terry Van Duyn
Terry Van Duyn
stated on November 27, 2018 a speech:
"Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 11, 2018
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on December 2, 2018 a press release:
"There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 4, 2018
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on November 22, 2018:
"Liberal Democrats" who back Dan McCready "cut $716 BILLION from Medicare to fund their healthcare scheme: Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Rashaan Ayesh • November 3, 2018
Jeff Tarte
Jeff Tarte
stated on June 14, 2018:
On whether he supports tolls on I-77
Full Flop
By Rashaan Ayesh • November 2, 2018
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on October 10, 2018 a debate:
"Mark Harris has said he would cut Social Security and Medicare."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 2, 2018
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on October 10, 2018 a tweet:
"In our debate, Dan McCready doubled down on his support for Pelosi’s liberal agenda of … impeaching our president."
False
By Paul Specht • October 31, 2018
Linda Coleman
Linda Coleman
stated on October 26, 2018 a town hall:
"Seniors can be charged five times what anybody else is charged for health care for pre-existing conditions" under the Republican health care bill.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 30, 2018
FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks
stated on October 24, 2018 a Facebook ad:
Says "Dan McCready wants to repeal tax cuts that saves (sic) you $1,300" per year.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 29, 2018
Linda Coleman
Linda Coleman
stated on October 23, 2018:
"George Holding has voted 13 times to deny Kevin, and the 300,000 people like him in the 2nd Congressional District, coverage" for their pre-existing conditions.
Mostly True
By Rashaan Ayesh • October 29, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 23, 2018 a debate:
"I'm not taking any corporate PAC money."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 28, 2018
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