Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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Beverly Boswell
Beverly Boswell
stated on March 27, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Many March for Our Lives speakers called for "the murder of those who would not turn over their guns to the government."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • March 29, 2018
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on March 27, 2018 in an ad campaign:
NC Republicans "raided $58 million that was supposed to help create jobs for North Carolinians."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • March 27, 2018
Robert Pittenger
Robert Pittenger
stated on February 19, 2018 in an attack ad:
"Mark Harris worked to stop Trump from being president."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 16, 2018
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on February 9, 2018 in a newsletter:
Rep. Pittenger is "constantly rated as one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress."
False
By Paul Specht • March 15, 2018
Pricey Harrison
Pricey Harrison
stated on February 15, 2018 in a tweet:
"The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • March 5, 2018
Larry Pittman
Larry Pittman
stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview:
"So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Bobbie Richardson
Bobbie Richardson
stated on February 3, 2018 in a tweet:
"The president is cutting the CDC budget by 80%.
False
By Paul Specht • February 16, 2018
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
stated on November 3, 2017 in meeting:
The UNC athletic director’s $705,000 salary was "not at market. Not even close."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • February 8, 2018
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on January 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"100% of heroin/fentanyl epidemic is because we don't have a WALL."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • February 2, 2018
Robin Hayes
Robin Hayes
stated on January 10, 2018 in Press release:
"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 10, 2018
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 8, 2017 in 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
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on November 30, 2017 in a blog:
Half of the proposed federal tax breaks ​"would go to the wealthiest 1 percent."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2017
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on November 29, 2017 in a press conference:
The Senate GOP plan does not raise taxes for Americans earning less than $70,000.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 30, 2017
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on October 25, 2017 in a radio appearance:
The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 22, 2017
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka
stated on November 13, 2017 in a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill:
Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us."
False
By Paul Specht • November 16, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on November 6, 2017 in on a mailer:
Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 6, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 20, 2017 in in a televised debate:
"We are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on Dix Park right now."
True
By Paul Specht • November 2, 2017
Charles Francis
Charles Francis
stated on October 20, 2017 in in a televised debate:
"There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don’t have air conditioning in the gym"
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 16, 2017 in in a press conference:
Says she debated her opponent "multiple times."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 18, 2017
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