Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 30, 2020 a political ad
“Donald Trump and Thom Tillis opposed legislation that would lower the price of insulin and other prescription drugs.”
Mostly True
By Aneri Pattani • October 19, 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
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
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.”
Pants on Fire!
July 6, 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
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