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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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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
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on October 25, 2017 a radio appearance:
The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 22, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on November 6, 2017 on a mailer:
Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 6, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on July 31, 2017 in a blog:
Gov. Roy Cooper has "filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 22, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 Press release:
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
Robert Pittenger
Robert Pittenger
stated on May 2, 2017 a written statement:
Says the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, "absolutely does not eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • May 4, 2017
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Viral image
stated on April 20, 2017 posts on social media:
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 13, 2017 a the GOP response to Roy Cooper's State of the State speech:
Says Republican legislators in North Carolina raised the average teacher's pay "by more than 15 percent in just three years."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • March 16, 2017
John Skvarla
John Skvarla
stated on October 24, 2016 a speech in Charlotte:
Says HB2 "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina’s economy.
Mostly False
By Will Doran • October 28, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on October 11, 2016 a North Carolina governor's race debate:
Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • October 12, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 29, 2016 posts on social media:
"Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • September 2, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on August 2, 2016 a press release:
"Roy Cooper's refusal to do his job is costing taxpayers money."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • August 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, NC:
"Thanks to (North Carolina’s) governor and the legislature, the average teacher salary can barely support a family."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 28, 2016
Renee Ellmers
Renee Ellmers
stated on May 19, 2016 a debate on WRAL:
Because George Holding doesn’t live in the congressional district he’s running for, he "doesn’t experience the same things that we are all experiencing."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 3, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on May 24, 2016 a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT:
Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded
Mostly False
By Will Doran • May 27, 2016
LGBT Progress
LGBT Progress
stated on March 23, 2016 a tweet:
North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
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