Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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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.”
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By Paul Specht • October 12, 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
October 11, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 4, 2024 social media posts
FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas.
False
By Madison Czopek • October 8, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 6, 2024 an Instagram post
“Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 7, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 6, 2024 an Instagram post
FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights.
False
October 7, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2024 a video on Facebook
The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”
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By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 26, 2024 an Instagram post
North Carolina removed 747,000 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.”
False
By Madison Czopek • October 4, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on August 27, 2024 a social media post
The order of candidate names on North Carolina’s ballot shows a “clear attempt at voter manipulation.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 28, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 17, 2024 a Facebook post
Video shows former President Donald Trump thought he was in North Carolina while he spoke in Pennsylvania.
False
August 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina
Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2024 a Facebook post
Photo shows a pink dolphin spotted off the North Carolina coast.
False
By Sara Swann • June 24, 2024
Anderson Clayton
Anderson Clayton
stated on May 10, 2024 a social media post
“Justice Paul Newby is out here removing judges who were elected to their positions by the voters of North Carolina!!!”
False
By Paul Specht • June 3, 2024
Kelly Daughtry
Kelly Daughtry
stated on April 1, 2024 a campaign advertisement
“Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.”
False
By Paul Specht • April 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2024 a speech
“Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.”
False
By Paul Specht • March 7, 2024
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on January 8, 2024 a press release
Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway
False
By Paul Specht • January 19, 2024
Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson
stated on November 9, 2023 a social media post
North Carolina Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein “supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand with no restrictions up until birth.”
False
By Paul Specht • December 11, 2023
Tricia Cotham
Tricia Cotham
stated on September 25, 2023 an interview on WBT-FM
The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 9, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 24, 2023 a veto statement
GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
False
By Paul Specht • September 1, 2023
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on July 17, 2023 a committee meeting
Immigrants are supposed to “apply for asylum in the country where they are, and then they try to come into the United States.”
False
By Paul Specht • July 27, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2023 a Facebook post
Images show a great white shark on the beach in North Carolina.
False
March 29, 2023
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