Fact Check Posts – Page 7

David Rouzer
stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:

The National Institutes of Health “states that regular marijuana use can reduce IQ by 8 points.”

By Paul Specht • December 8, 2020

Mandy Cohen
stated on December 1, 2020 in a press conference:

Says COVID-19 has killed more North Carolinians in a year than the flu has in 10 years.

By Paul Specht • December 4, 2020

Dan Bishop
stated on November 5, 2020 in a tweet:

Says there are “indications of grossly improper conduct from election officials right here in my district.”

By Paul Specht • November 10, 2020

Social Media
stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet:

Says North Carolina’s "Democratic Secretary of State" controls the state's elections.

By Paul Specht • November 5, 2020

Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate:

Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic."

By Paul Specht • October 30, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 in several speeches:

Says North Carolina just landed an auto plant.

By Jon Greenberg, Paul Specht • October 28, 2020

Thom Tillis
stated on October 26, 2020 in speeches:

On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.

By Paul Specht • October 28, 2020

Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate:

Says Dan Forest wants to use tax dollars “to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers.”

By Paul Specht • October 22, 2020

Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate:

Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”

By Paul Specht • October 15, 2020

VoteVets.org
stated on September 2, 2020 in an ad:

Says Thom Tillis voted “against a pay raise for a military, while voting for a pay raise for himself.”

By Paul Specht • October 10, 2020

Thom Tillis
stated on September 14, 2020 in a debate:

Says Cal Cunningham “got a $40,000 tax incentive to update his butler’s pantry.”

By Paul Specht • September 28, 2020

Cal Cunningham
stated on September 14, 2020 in a debate:

Says Thom Tillis has been “blocking his own party’s efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.”

By Paul Specht • September 24, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 in a tweet:

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

By Paul Specht • September 22, 2020

Dan Forest
stated on September 2, 2020 in an interview:

"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 from the coronavirus.”

By Paul Specht • September 14, 2020

Roy Cooper
stated on August 13, 2020 in a press conference:

“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 ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient.”

By Paul Specht • September 3, 2020

Madison Cawthorn
stated on August 26, 2020 in a speech at the RNC:

Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”

By Paul Specht • August 27, 2020

Chris Murphy
stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:

“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”

By Paul Specht • August 20, 2020

Thom Tillis
stated on July 30, 2020 in a radio interview:

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

By Paul Specht • August 19, 2020

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad:

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

By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020

Mandy Cohen
stated on July 28, 2020 in a press conference:

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

By Paul Specht • August 5, 2020

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