Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on September 9, 2022 in a political ad:
Ted Budd “helped write legislation to outlaw abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest — a law that could even put doctors in jail.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2022
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley
stated on August 2, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Sixty-four members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — have broken a law to stop insider stock trading, yet Washington refuses to do anything about it.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 1, 2022
Ben Kral
Ben Kral
stated on August 10, 2022 in a statement:
“Violent crime (is) at an all-time high."
False
By Paul Specht • August 23, 2022
Michael Easley Jr.
Michael Easley Jr.
stated on July 12, 2022 in a press conference:
“North Carolina is among some of the top states in the country for the number of ghost guns that are seized as crime guns.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 10, 2022
Qasim Rashid
Qasim Rashid
stated on July 18, 2022 in a tweet:
"North Carolina GOP is re-introducing a bill that says life begins at conception and anyone who destroys that fertilized egg is guilty of first-degree murder."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • July 25, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 14, 2022 in a political ad:
Cheri Beasley voted to reverse the conviction of an armed kidnapper, release a double murderer early.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • July 7, 2022
Julie Mayfield
Julie Mayfield
stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech:
“A quarter of the entire acreage in the country that is under hemp production is here in North Carolina.”
False
By Paul Specht • June 13, 2022
Barbara Gaskins
Barbara Gaskins
stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:
“The N.C. GOP came out in support of Sen. [Rick] Scott's extremist policy to ‘Rescue America.’”
False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 6, 2022 in a television ad:
Cheri Beasley tossed the conviction of a man seeking sex with a boy online and “set free” a child porn offender.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 13, 2022 in a television ad:
Cheri Beasley “vacated” a man’s death sentence and “threw out” the indictment in a child assault case.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 25, 2022
North Carolina Futures Action Fund
North Carolina Futures Action Fund
stated on May 16, 2022 in a campaign mailer:
State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor’s budget and teacher raises.
False
By Paul Specht • May 16, 2022
School Freedom Fund
School Freedom Fund
stated on April 2, 2022 in a television ad:
Former Gov. Pat McCrory appointed liberals to the North Carolina Textbook Commission, which “mandated textbooks” pushing critical race theory.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 26, 2022
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 7, 2022 in a press release:
“Most Americans favor keeping Title 42 in place.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 22, 2022
Ben Clark
Ben Clark
stated on April 1, 2022 in a campaign newsletter:
“The House voted to cap insulin prices to $35/month, just $420 each year! Richard Hudson voted NO.”
False
By Paul Specht • April 4, 2022
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet:
“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 29, 2022
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 8, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“While Ukrainians bled and died, Congressman Budd excused their killer.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 15, 2022
David Willis
David Willis
stated on February 17, 2022 in a speech:
There are now zero students, staff or anyone “related to the school system” in Union County” hospitalized with COVID-19, despite harsh criticism of school COVID policy.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • March 2, 2022
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 31, 2022 in a tweet:
Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 17, 2022
Tyler Lee
Tyler Lee
stated on January 27, 2022 in a tweet:
ICE has been illegally releasing immigrants “in Huntersville #NC13 at big box retail locations. Feds aren’t notifying anyone, just making secret drops at 3am.”
False
By Paul Specht • February 8, 2022
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on January 16, 2022 in a tweet:
“The Dems demand a photo ID to get a cheeseburger.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 3, 2022
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