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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 21, 2025 a Facebook post:
“FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 a post on Facebook:
“So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 16, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on December 4, 2024 a video:
Mitchell County, North Carolina, sheriff’s deputies “stole” generators intended for Hurricane Helene victims.
False
By Paul Specht • January 6, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 30, 2024 a video:
Six hundred body bags were “filled the first day” of Hurricane Helene recovery in North Carolina.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2024
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
X posts
X posts
stated on November 12, 2024 a social media post:
“Red Cross is set to close shelters across North Carolina on Nov. 15. Families staying in these shelters are being told: ‘If you don’t have a safe place to take your children, you won’t be leaving with them.’”
False
By Paul Specht • November 18, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 5, 2024 an Instagram post:
Photo shows 2024 ballots cast for Republicans in North Carolina that a postal worker said he was going to make “disappear.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2024
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
Lisa Grafstein
Lisa Grafstein
stated on October 12, 2024 a campaign mailer:
Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.
False
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 17, 2024 an Instagram post:
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was arrested “for aiding FEMA in deep state’s ‘eminent domain’ takeover of North Carolina.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 11, 2024 an Instagram post:
“Kamala Harris staged hurricane relief photo op with C-17, no supplies sent to victims.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 17, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 9, 2024 social media posts:
“FEMA helicopters caught disrupting North Carolina supplies by using a ‘rotor wash’.”
False
By Mia Penner • October 16, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2024 a Truth Social post:
“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • October 12, 2024
Terence Everitt
Terence Everitt
stated on October 11, 2024 a campaign advertisement:
Republican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 12, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on October 9, 2024 social media posts:
North Carolina’s new voting rules in response to Hurricane Helene amount to “cheating” or “stealing.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 4, 2024 Facebook posts:
The government gave $3,500 debit cards to immigrants while giving only $750 to Hurricane Helene victims.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 11, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on October 7, 2024 a post on X:
Patents dating back to the 1800s show that people can control the weather.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • October 10, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on October 6, 2024 una publicación en X:
"Los 750 dólares que nuestra generosa administración ha ofrecido a las víctimas del huracán Helene son un PRÉSTAMO! Tienen un año para devolverlo".
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek, Marta Campabadal Graus • October 10, 2024
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