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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Dan Bishop
Dan Bishop
stated on April 30, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says he "cast the deciding vote" to override a vetoed ‘born alive’ bill
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 9, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on March 7, 2019 an ad video:
"HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 26, 2019
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech:
Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 7, 2019
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 12, 2019 a press release:
Says replacing NC Supreme Court Chief Justice with most experienced justice is a "longstanding, nonpartisan tradition."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 27, 2019
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet:
Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 24, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet:
"The debate on securing our border can't be measured in partisan jabs. It has to be measured in the human toll caused by porous borders: 1/3 migrant women are sexually assaulted;  7/10 migrants are victims of violence; 20k migrant children were illegally smuggled last month."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2019
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 19, 2018 a press release:
Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 8, 2019
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on December 27, 2018 a tweet:
Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 7, 2019
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on December 2, 2018 a press release:
"There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 4, 2018
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on November 22, 2018:
"Liberal Democrats" who back Dan McCready "cut $716 BILLION from Medicare to fund their healthcare scheme: Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Rashaan Ayesh • November 3, 2018
Linda Coleman
Linda Coleman
stated on October 26, 2018 a town hall:
"Seniors can be charged five times what anybody else is charged for health care for pre-existing conditions" under the Republican health care bill.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 30, 2018
FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks
stated on October 24, 2018 a Facebook ad:
Says "Dan McCready wants to repeal tax cuts that saves (sic) you $1,300" per year.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 29, 2018
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign video:
Kathy Manning gave "nearly $1 million to liberals"
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 26, 2018
JD Wooten
JD Wooten
stated on September 28, 2018:
"Republicans in the General Assembly cut teacher pay so much when they took over in 2011 that even with recent pay raises, we are still below pre-Recession pay levels."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 17, 2018
D. Cole Phelps
D. Cole Phelps
stated on September 1, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Health care premiums in North Carolina are now among the five highest states in the country."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 2, 2018
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on August 28, 2018 a Facebook post:
"As hundreds of North Carolinians face long lines at DMV offices around the state, Governor Cooper created a secret DMV office just for his friends."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 27, 2018
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on June 7, 2018 a TV interview:
States with voter ID laws have seen "zero decrease" in participation. "Most have seen an increase."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 20, 2018
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet:
"One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2018
Robert Pittenger
Robert Pittenger
stated on February 19, 2018 an attack ad:
"Mark Harris worked to stop Trump from being president."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 16, 2018
Robin Hayes
Robin Hayes
stated on January 10, 2018 Press release:
"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 10, 2018
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