Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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Trump exaggerates North Carolina ballot mishap

September 22, 2020

Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”

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North Carolina’s Dan Forest cherry-picks data on kids, COVID-19

September 14, 2020

"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…

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Cooper overstates ventilator access problem

September 3, 2020

“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…

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No, James Madison didn’t sign the Declaration of Independence

August 27, 2020

Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”

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Senator forgets key context about UNC’s COVID-19 testing

August 20, 2020

“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”

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No, Cunningham has not been ‘silent’ on defunding police

August 19, 2020

“Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.”

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Attack ad right about Cunningham’s 2001 budget vote

August 13, 2020

Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”

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Is there a correlation between North Carolina’s mask law and its coronavirus cases?

August 5, 2020

There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.

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Tillis never said restaurant workers shouldn’t have to wash their hands

July 25, 2020

Says Sen. Thom Tillis “doesn’t think restaurant workers should have to wash their hands.”

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Tillis omits key facts about Cunningham, PPP

July 17, 2020

“Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.”

NC Republican wrongfully says masks ‘do not work’

July 9, 2020

Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”

No proof ‘1 million’ North Carolinians exposed to coronavirus

July 6, 2020

A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.”

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