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PolitiFact North Carolina is a project of WRAL to help you find the truth in North Carolina politics. Reporters and researchers from PolitiFact North Carolina examine statements by North Carolina elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter:

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0% 28 Checks
mostly true
0% 54 Checks
half true
0% 82 Checks
mostly false
0% 96 Checks
false
0% 124 Checks
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All Fact-checks for North Carolina

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 15, 2026 in an interview with Fox Business News:
“Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2026
Guilford-Rockingham Alliance
Guilford-Rockingham Alliance
stated on January 20, 2026 in an attack ad:
NC state Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, “killed a bill banning sex-change surgeries for minors.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 3, 2026
NC True Conservatives PAC
NC True Conservatives PAC
stated on January 20, 2026 in a video advertisement:
Says Sam Page “got busted calling Trump’s (immigration) plan unrealistic.”
False
By Paul Specht • February 25, 2026
Major Gross Profit
Major Gross Profit
stated on January 16, 2026 in an email:
“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”
False
By Paul Specht • January 23, 2026
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:
A new North Carolina law “prohibits the use of wireless communication devices while driving.”
False
By Paul Specht • December 4, 2025
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on November 24, 2025 in a newsletter:
“This Thanksgiving, turkey prices are at their lowest point since 2000.”
False
By Paul Specht • November 26, 2025
Tricia McLaughlin
Tricia McLaughlin
stated on November 17, 2025 in an interview posted to X:
“There’s about 1,400 criminal illegal aliens that, right now, are in North Carolina and Charlotte’s jails that they refuse to turn over to ICE law enforcement.”
False
By Paul Specht • November 24, 2025
Anderson Clayton
Anderson Clayton
stated on October 29, 2025 in a press release:
“North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the south.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on August 16, 2025 in an X post:
“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 16, 2025
Michael Whatley
Michael Whatley
stated on September 6, 2025 in an X post:
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “bears direct responsibility” for the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte rail system.
False
By Paul Specht, Will Doran • September 12, 2025
John Blust
John Blust
stated on June 13, 2025 in an email:
“Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 7, 2025
Josh Stein
Josh Stein
stated on June 6, 2025 in an X post:
“Guns are the leading cause of death for children in North Carolina.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 5, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on July 8, 2025 in an X post:
Former Gov. Roy Cooper is scheduled to speak at a Winston-Salem coffee shop July 18 at 11 a.m. about the “future of North Carolina.”
False
By Paul Specht, Will Doran • July 10, 2025
Brenden Jones
Brenden Jones
stated on April 2, 2025 in a speech:
“Contractors are being rejected” from providing Hurricane Helene relief in North Carolina because of racial “quotas” required by the state.
False
By Paul Specht • May 30, 2025
Marcia Morey
Marcia Morey
stated on April 30, 2025 in a speech in the North Carolina House of Representatives:
“Google caved in to Trump. They erased Black History Month from the calendar.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 15, 2025
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on April 12, 2025 in an X post:
Trump “just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 24, 2025
Sydney Batch
Sydney Batch
stated on February 28, 2025 in a podcast interview:
North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 28, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 14, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 3, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok:
“JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 30, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina:
"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
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