Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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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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