Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on November 29, 2022 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 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 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 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
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley
stated on October 7, 2022 a debate
Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 24, 2022
Bo Hines
Bo Hines
stated on October 1, 2022 an interview on WRAL's "On the Record"
Wiley Nickel supports “abortion all the way up until the point of birth, even post-birth.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 10, 2022
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on September 9, 2022 a political ad
Ted Budd “helped write legislation to outlaw abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest — a law that could even put doctors in jail.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2022
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley
stated on August 2, 2022 a campaign ad
“Sixty-four members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — have broken a law to stop insider stock trading, yet Washington refuses to do anything about it.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 1, 2022
Ben Kral
Ben Kral
stated on August 10, 2022 a statement
“Violent crime (is) at an all-time high."
False
By Paul Specht • August 23, 2022
Michael Easley Jr.
Michael Easley Jr.
stated on July 12, 2022 a press conference
“North Carolina is among some of the top states in the country for the number of ghost guns that are seized as crime guns.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 10, 2022
Qasim Rashid
Qasim Rashid
stated on July 18, 2022 a tweet
"North Carolina GOP is re-introducing a bill that says life begins at conception and anyone who destroys that fertilized egg is guilty of first-degree murder."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • July 25, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 14, 2022 a political ad
Cheri Beasley voted to reverse the conviction of an armed kidnapper, release a double murderer early.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • July 7, 2022
Julie Mayfield
Julie Mayfield
stated on June 2, 2022 a speech
“A quarter of the entire acreage in the country that is under hemp production is here in North Carolina.”
False
By Paul Specht • June 13, 2022
Barbara Gaskins
Barbara Gaskins
stated on May 24, 2022 a tweet
“The N.C. GOP came out in support of Sen. [Rick] Scott's extremist policy to ‘Rescue America.’”
False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 6, 2022 a television ad
Cheri Beasley tossed the conviction of a man seeking sex with a boy online and “set free” a child porn offender.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 13, 2022 a television ad
Cheri Beasley “vacated” a man’s death sentence and “threw out” the indictment in a child assault case.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2022 a Facebook post
Students in Wilkes County, North Carolina, “identify themselves as cats or ‘furries’” and “have asked for litter boxes to be placed in school restrooms for them to use.”
Pants on Fire!
May 19, 2022
North Carolina Futures Action Fund
North Carolina Futures Action Fund
stated on May 16, 2022 a campaign mailer
State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor’s budget and teacher raises.
False
By Paul Specht • May 16, 2022
School Freedom Fund
School Freedom Fund
stated on April 2, 2022 a television ad
Former Gov. Pat McCrory appointed liberals to the North Carolina Textbook Commission, which “mandated textbooks” pushing critical race theory.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 26, 2022
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 7, 2022 a press release
“Most Americans favor keeping Title 42 in place.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 22, 2022
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