Latest Fact-Checks By Paul Specht

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Majority Forward
stated on July 24, 2020 in a television ad:

Says Sen. Thom Tillis “doesn’t think restaurant workers should have to wash their hands.”

False

By Paul Specht • July 25, 2020

Thom Tillis
stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet:

“Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.”

Half-True

By Paul Specht • July 17, 2020

Dan Forest
stated on July 4, 2020 in an interview:

Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”

False

By Paul Specht • July 9, 2020

Greg Murphy
stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.”

False

By Paul Specht • July 6, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

In North Carolina, “you can be charged with a class H felony for wearing a mask and concealed carrying.”

False

By Paul Specht • June 26, 2020

Dan Forest
stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet:

"North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.

True

By Paul Specht • June 25, 2020

Chain message
stated on June 2, 2020 in a text:

Text from someone “connected” to Raleigh police: “antifa may be heading into the wealthy neighborhoods tonight to take what should be theirs.”

False

By Paul Specht • June 5, 2020

Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 in a tweet:

“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”

True

By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020

Roy Cooper
stated on May 12, 2020 in a press conference:

“With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.

Mostly True

By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020

Dan Bishop
stated on April 24, 2020 in an interview:

“Half the workforce in the country may have just been idled” by coronavirus.

Mostly False

By Paul Specht • May 20, 2020

Cal Cunningham
stated on April 24, 2020 in a tweet:

"Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed."

Mostly False

By Paul Specht • May 12, 2020

Warren Daniel
stated on April 23, 2020 in a tweet:

North Carolina’s health department is "telling hospitals that if they decide to do elective surgeries, they won’t be eligible to receive (protective equipment) from the state.”

False

By Paul Specht • May 8, 2020

Dan Forest
stated on April 24, 2020 in an interview:

"We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19."

False

By Paul Specht • May 6, 2020

Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 10, 2020 in an op-ed:

North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public."

True

By Paul Specht • April 23, 2020

Mandy Cohen
stated on April 20, 2020 in a press conference:

"Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."

Half-True

By Paul Specht • April 22, 2020

Jeff Jackson
stated on April 6, 2020 in a tweet:

NC liquor stores were deemed essential “because we have a lot of people who are chemically dependent on alcohol and if we suddenly cut off their access they would go into withdrawal and flood the emergency rooms.”

Mostly False

By Paul Specht • April 17, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“North Carolina & Virginia State line is closed. Nothing in or out."

Pants on Fire!

By Paul Specht • April 8, 2020

David Lewis
stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet:

“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”

Half-True

By Paul Specht • April 7, 2020

Jeff Jackson
stated on March 19, 2020 in a tweet:

Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.”

Half-True

By Paul Specht • April 1, 2020

Greg Murphy
stated on March 16, 2020 in a tweet:

“Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”

False

By Paul Specht • March 20, 2020

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