Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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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
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 8, 2017 a press release
"Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 3, 2018
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