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Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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Eric Ager
Eric Ager
stated on October 24, 2023 in a speech on the house floor:
“This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • November 15, 2023
Tricia Cotham
Tricia Cotham
stated on September 25, 2023 in 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
Unleash Prosperity Now
Unleash Prosperity Now
stated on August 13, 2023 in a political ad:
“Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 21, 2023
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on August 14, 2023 in a campaign email:
A Democrat-sponsored bill proposes a “1,000% gun tax on most firearms.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 8, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 24, 2023 in 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
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 7, 2023 in a political ad:
A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 11, 2023
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on July 17, 2023 in 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
Tricia Cotham
Tricia Cotham
stated on May 16, 2023 in a vote:
“(I will oppose) any attempt to restrict or deny women’s basic health care needs.”
Full Flop
By Paul Specht • May 17, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 4, 2023 in a video posted to Twitter:
Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2023
Tricia Cotham
Tricia Cotham
stated on April 5, 2023 in a press conference:
Minority Leader Robert Reives “sent out a statement … encouraging us to resign and/or (face) a primary challenge.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 4, 2023
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
stated on February 8, 2023 in a tweet:
“North Carolina ranks last in the country in K-12 funding.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 7, 2023
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 24, 2023 in an email:
“The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.”
False
By Paul Specht • March 14, 2023
Erin Paré
Erin Paré
stated on February 18, 2023 in a tweet:
Wake County is the only large county in North Carolina that elects its commissioners at-large countywide.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • March 10, 2023
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on February 8, 2023 in presentations about his bill:
“One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh
False
By Paul Specht • February 21, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on January 24, 2023 in a tweet:
Diamond and Silk pundit died from COVID-19
False
By Paul Specht • February 6, 2023
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet:
“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on November 29, 2022 in a vote:
On supporting marriage rights for same-sex couples.
Half Flip
By Paul Specht • January 17, 2023
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 24, 2022 in a political ad:
“Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2022
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad:
Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 31, 2022
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on October 7, 2022 in a debate:
Cheri Beasley was “encouraging (riots) all across our state and all across our country in 2020.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2022
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