Latest Fact Checks By Paul Specht

NC Democrats exaggerate education funding ranking

By Paul Specht

April 7, 2023

“North Carolina ranks last in the country in K-12 funding.”

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NC GOP email falsely claims ‘the left’ wants to erase Mt. Rushmore from history books

By Paul Specht

March 14, 2023

“The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.”

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Wake’s county commissioner races stand out in North Carolina

By Paul Specht

March 10, 2023

Wake County is the only large county in North Carolina that elects its commissioners at-large countywide.

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North Carolina House speaker says someone died in Raleigh protests in 2020. Police data disagrees.

By Paul Specht

February 21, 2023

“One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh

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Unverified rumors swirl around ‘Diamond and Silk’ pundit’s death

By Paul Specht

February 6, 2023

Diamond and Silk pundit died from COVID-19

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Hudson inflates Biden’s role in oil prices

By Paul Specht

January 30, 2023

“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level…

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Tillis vote shows shift in same-sex marriage position

By Paul Specht

January 17, 2023

On supporting marriage rights for same-sex couples.

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Democratic group omits details of Budd votes on Social Security, Medicare

By Paul Specht

November 8, 2022

“Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.”

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GOP group exaggerates effect of Inflation Reduction Act

By Paul Specht

October 31, 2022

Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”

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Budd takes Beasley’s protest comments too far

By Paul Specht

October 25, 2022

Cheri Beasley was “encouraging (riots) all across our state and all across our country in 2020.”

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Beasley cherry-picks appropriations bill to attack Budd over police funding

By Paul Specht

October 24, 2022

Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”

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Bo Hines misrepresents Wiley Nickel’s views on abortion

By Paul Specht

October 10, 2022

Wiley Nickel supports “abortion all the way up until the point of birth, even post-birth.”

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