Fact Check Posts – Page 6

N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory, under fire on HB2, says Human Rights Campaign is ‘more powerful than the NRA’

By Will Doran

April 21, 2016

The Human Rights Campaign is "more powerful than the NRA."

N.C. Rep. Stam says state’s controversial new law, HB2, isn’t all that rare

By Will Doran

April 13, 2016

"There are 31 other states and 10,000 other cities that have the same type of policies that we just passed," referring to North Carolina’s House…

N.C. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest says new state law HB2 prevented a bathroom free-for-all in Charlotte

By Will Doran

April 8, 2016

Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance would have "opened all bathrooms to all sexes at all times" if it hadn’t been overturned.

N.C. Sen. Phil Berger says A.G. Roy Cooper is failing his duties by not defending HB2 lawsuit

By Will Doran

April 7, 2016

"Attorney General Roy Cooper refuses to do his job" by not defending House Bill 2 in a lawsuit.

LGBT group says NC spent as much on HB2 special session as on government rape crisis programs

By Will Doran

April 1, 2016

North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.

Equality NC director: No public safety risks in cities with transgender anti-discrimination rules

By Will Doran

April 1, 2016

"There have not been any public safety issues" in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as.

McCrory: Local governments can have in-house discrimination policies stricter than the state’s

By Will Doran

March 31, 2016

Despite the passage of HB2, "towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if…

Pat McCrory is wrong when he says North Carolina’s new LGBT law doesn’t take away existing rights

By Will Doran

March 30, 2016

"We have not taken away any rights that have currently existed in any city in North Carolina" with the passage of HB2.

Gov. Pat McCrory: No Title IX threat to billions in federal funding after controversial new LGBT law

By Will Doran

March 29, 2016

"Will (HB2) threaten federal funding for public schools under Title IX? No, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue."

Cooper says North Carolina’s education spending per student hasn’t bounced back since the recession

By Will Doran

March 21, 2016

"North Carolina spends $855 less per student than it did before the Great Recession, and we have one of the lowest per pupil spending levels…

McCrory right that Cooper lacks a plan for paying but overstates what Cooper wants to pay for

By Will Doran

March 14, 2016

"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."

Donald Trump claims NASCAR’s endorsement, and he’s not totally wrong

By Will Doran

March 7, 2016

"NASCAR endorsed Trump"

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N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory, under fire on HB2, says Human Rights Campaign is ‘more powerful than the NRA’

N.C. Rep. Stam says state’s controversial new law, HB2, isn’t all that rare

N.C. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest says new state law HB2 prevented a bathroom free-for-all in Charlotte

N.C. Sen. Phil Berger says A.G. Roy Cooper is failing his duties by not defending HB2 lawsuit

LGBT group says NC spent as much on HB2 special session as on government rape crisis programs

Equality NC director: No public safety risks in cities with transgender anti-discrimination rules

McCrory: Local governments can have in-house discrimination policies stricter than the state’s

Pat McCrory is wrong when he says North Carolina’s new LGBT law doesn’t take away existing rights

Gov. Pat McCrory: No Title IX threat to billions in federal funding after controversial new LGBT law

Cooper says North Carolina’s education spending per student hasn’t bounced back since the recession

McCrory right that Cooper lacks a plan for paying but overstates what Cooper wants to pay for

Donald Trump claims NASCAR’s endorsement, and he’s not totally wrong