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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 26, 2024 a speech:
Says Donald Trump “told Americans all they had to do was inject bleach in themselves. Just take a shot of UV light.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 28, 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
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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