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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on May 5, 2016 a conversation with reporters:
Says 80 percent of North Carolinians support "the concept that men should not be in women’s restrooms, changing rooms, bathrooms, etc."
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 14, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on May 3, 2016 a radio talk show appearance on the John Boy and Billy Big Show:
Says Bruce Springsteen "only had 8,000 tickets sold" for a Greensboro show and canceled after "they didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • May 4, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on April 28, 2016 an official announcement:
North Carolina has "one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country."
True
By Will Doran • April 29, 2016
William Barber
William Barber
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech announcing the Moral Monday march:
"80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 28, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on April 17, 2016 in interview on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd:
The Human Rights Campaign is "more powerful than the NRA."
False
By Will Doran • April 21, 2016
Paul
Paul "Skip" Stam
stated on April 11, 2016 a newspaper interview:
"There are 31 other states and 10,000 other cities that have the same type of policies that we just passed," referring to North Carolina’s House Bill 2.
Half-True
By Will Doran • April 13, 2016
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet:
Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance would have "opened all bathrooms to all sexes at all times" if it hadn’t been overturned.
False
By Will Doran • April 8, 2016
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 31, 2016 a Facebook post:
"Attorney General Roy Cooper refuses to do his job" by not defending House Bill 2 in a lawsuit.
Half-True
By Will Doran • April 7, 2016
LGBT Progress
LGBT Progress
stated on March 23, 2016 a tweet:
North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
Chris Sgro
Chris Sgro
stated on March 17, 2016 a speech urging Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance be left intact:
"There have not been any public safety issues" in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as.
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 26, 2016 a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law:
Despite the passage of HB2, "towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if they choose."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 31, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 28, 2016 a speech in Clayton, N.C.:
"We have not taken away any rights that have currently existed in any city in North Carolina" with the passage of HB2.
False
By Will Doran • March 30, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 26, 2016 a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law:
"Will (HB2) threaten federal funding for public schools under Title IX? No, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 29, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 8, 2016 his education plan:
"North Carolina spends $855 less per student than it did before the Great Recession, and we have one of the lowest per pupil spending levels in the nation."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • March 21, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 9, 2016 a post on his Facebook page:
"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a speech in Concord, N.C.:
"NASCAR endorsed Trump"
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2016
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