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Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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Majority Forward
Majority Forward
stated on July 24, 2020 a television ad
Says Sen. Thom Tillis “doesn’t think restaurant workers should have to wash their hands.”
False
By Paul Specht • July 25, 2020
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on July 7, 2020 a tweet
“Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • July 17, 2020
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on July 4, 2020 an interview
Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”
False
By Paul Specht • July 9, 2020
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on June 23, 2020 a Facebook post
A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.”
False
By Paul Specht • July 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 23, 2020 a Facebook post
In North Carolina, “you can be charged with a class H felony for wearing a mask and concealed carrying.”
False
By Paul Specht • June 26, 2020
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on June 22, 2020 a tweet
"North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.
True
By Paul Specht • June 25, 2020
Chain message
Chain message
stated on June 2, 2020 a text
Text from someone “connected” to Raleigh police: “antifa may be heading into the wealthy neighborhoods tonight to take what should be theirs.”
False
By Paul Specht • June 5, 2020
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 a tweet
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
True
By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 12, 2020 a press conference
“With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
Dan Bishop
Dan Bishop
stated on April 24, 2020 an interview
“Half the workforce in the country may have just been idled” by coronavirus.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 20, 2020
Cal Cunningham
Cal Cunningham
stated on April 24, 2020 a tweet
"Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2020
Warren Daniel
Warren Daniel
stated on April 23, 2020 a tweet
North Carolina’s health department is "telling hospitals that if they decide to do elective surgeries, they won’t be eligible to receive (protective equipment) from the state.”
False
By Paul Specht • May 8, 2020
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on April 24, 2020 an interview
"We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19."
False
By Paul Specht • May 6, 2020
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 10, 2020 an op-ed
North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public."
True
By Paul Specht • April 23, 2020
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on April 20, 2020 a press conference
"Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 22, 2020
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on April 6, 2020 a tweet
NC liquor stores were deemed essential “because we have a lot of people who are chemically dependent on alcohol and if we suddenly cut off their access they would go into withdrawal and flood the emergency rooms.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2020 a Facebook post
“North Carolina & Virginia State line is closed. Nothing in or out."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • April 8, 2020
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on March 26, 2020 a tweet
“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 7, 2020
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on March 19, 2020 a tweet
Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 1, 2020
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on March 16, 2020 a tweet
“Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”
False
By Paul Specht • March 20, 2020
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