Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on January 25, 2024 a press conference
“North Carolina has the longest voting period in the country … and we have the most ways of voting.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 28, 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
Eric Ager
Eric Ager
stated on October 24, 2023 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 a tweet
“North Carolina ranks last in the country in K-12 funding.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 7, 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
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 24, 2023 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 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 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 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 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
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