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Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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David Rouzer
David Rouzer
stated on December 3, 2020 a tweet
The National Institutes of Health “states that regular marijuana use can reduce IQ by 8 points.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 8, 2020
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on December 1, 2020 a press conference
Says COVID-19 has killed more North Carolinians in a year than the flu has in 10 years.
True
By Paul Specht • December 4, 2020
Dan Bishop
Dan Bishop
stated on November 5, 2020 a tweet
Says there are “indications of grossly improper conduct from election officials right here in my district.”
False
By Paul Specht • November 10, 2020
Social Media
Social Media
stated on November 4, 2020 a tweet
Says North Carolina’s "Democratic Secretary of State" controls the state's elections.
False
By Paul Specht • November 5, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic."
True
By Paul Specht • October 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 several speeches
Says North Carolina just landed an auto plant.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Paul Specht • October 28, 2020
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 26, 2020 speeches
On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.
Full Flop
By Paul Specht • October 28, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Says Dan Forest wants to use tax dollars “to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 22, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”
True
By Paul Specht • October 15, 2020
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on September 2, 2020 an ad
Says Thom Tillis voted “against a pay raise for a military, while voting for a pay raise for himself.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 10, 2020
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on September 14, 2020 a debate
Says Cal Cunningham “got a $40,000 tax incentive to update his butler’s pantry.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 28, 2020
Cal Cunningham
Cal Cunningham
stated on September 14, 2020 a debate
Says Thom Tillis has been “blocking his own party’s efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 24, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 a tweet
Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 22, 2020
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on September 2, 2020 an interview
"All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 14, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 13, 2020 a press conference
“In some of these other states, some of their deaths can be attributable to the fact that they were having a hard time getting an ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 3, 2020
Madison Cawthorn
Madison Cawthorn
stated on August 26, 2020 a speech at the RNC
Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 27, 2020
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on August 18, 2020 a tweet
“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 20, 2020
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on July 30, 2020 a radio interview
“Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 19, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 an ad
Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”
True
By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on July 28, 2020 a press conference
There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 5, 2020
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