Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Larry Pittman
Larry Pittman
stated on February 15, 2018 a Facebook post
"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Bobbie Richardson
Bobbie Richardson
stated on February 3, 2018 a tweet
"The president is cutting the CDC budget by 80%.
False
By Paul Specht • February 16, 2018
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
stated on November 3, 2017 meeting
The UNC athletic director’s $705,000 salary was "not at market. Not even close."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • February 8, 2018
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on January 30, 2018 a tweet
"100% of heroin/fentanyl epidemic is because we don't have a WALL."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • February 2, 2018
Robin Hayes
Robin Hayes
stated on January 10, 2018 Press release
"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 10, 2018
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 8, 2017 a press release
"Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 3, 2018
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on November 30, 2017 a blog
Half of the proposed federal tax breaks ​"would go to the wealthiest 1 percent."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2017
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on November 29, 2017 a press conference
The Senate GOP plan does not raise taxes for Americans earning less than $70,000.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 30, 2017
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on October 25, 2017 a radio appearance
The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 22, 2017
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka
stated on November 13, 2017 a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill
Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us."
False
By Paul Specht • November 16, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on November 6, 2017 on a mailer
Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 6, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 20, 2017 in a televised debate
"We are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on Dix Park right now."
True
By Paul Specht • November 2, 2017
Charles Francis
Charles Francis
stated on October 20, 2017 in a televised debate
"There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don’t have air conditioning in the gym"
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 16, 2017 in a press conference
Says she debated her opponent "multiple times."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 18, 2017
Charles Francis
Charles Francis
stated on October 11, 2017 in a press conference
Says he got "support all over Raleigh"
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 14, 2017
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on September 15, 2017 In a press release
North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."
False
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2017
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on September 13, 2017 in a newspaper
"Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every general election."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • September 27, 2017
Billy Richardson
Billy Richardson
stated on August 31, 2017 on the House floor
North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.
False
By Paul Specht • September 20, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on July 31, 2017 in a blog
Gov. Roy Cooper has "filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 22, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 Press release
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
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