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Roy Cooper

Roy Cooper

Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is the governor of North Carolina. Previously he was the attorney general, a state senator and a state representative.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Roy Cooper

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Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on December 3, 2024 comments to reporters
North Carolina Republicans “took money out of western North Carolina” with Hurricane Helene relief bill.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 24, 2023 a veto statement
GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
False
By Paul Specht • September 1, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 4, 2023 a video posted to Twitter
Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference
“North Carolina during this pandemic had among the lowest COVID-related deaths, as well as job losses per capita.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 20, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 26, 2021 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • April 5, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on February 2, 2021 a press conference
Says North Carolina bill to require in-person learning is “stripping out some of the health protocols that are in place.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 5, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic."
True
By Paul Specht • October 30, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Says Dan Forest wants to use tax dollars “to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 22, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 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.”
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By Paul Specht • October 15, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 13, 2020 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.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 3, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 12, 2020 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
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 21, 2020 a tweet
Says a "court has ordered North Carolina to step up significantly its funding for education."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • February 12, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on February 25, 2019 his State of the State address
"Right now, four in 10 public schools in our state are at least 50 years old."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • March 5, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 30, 2019
Says "30,000 veterans in North Carolina have no health insurance."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • February 14, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on December 26, 2018 a Facebook post
A bill passed by GOP legislators "makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws."
True
By Paul Specht • January 14, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet
"One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2018
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on November 30, 2017 a blog
Half of the proposed federal tax breaks ​"would go to the wealthiest 1 percent."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 Press release
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on July 28, 2017 in a newsletter
Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 9, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 25, 2017 an address to education leaders
Says North Carolina gives taxpayer dollars to private schools, but "we really don’t know what these schools are doing or how they are performing."
Half-True
By Will Doran • February 2, 2017
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Latest Fact-Checks About Roy Cooper

stated on September 6, 2025 an X post
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “bears direct responsibility” for the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte rail system.
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By Paul Specht, Will Doran • September 12, 2025
Unleash Prosperity Now
Unleash Prosperity Now
stated on August 13, 2023 a political ad
“Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 21, 2023
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on December 27, 2020 a tweet
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper "has not left the Governor's Mansion since the start of the #COVID19 crisis."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • December 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2020 Facebook posts
Say North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Stanly County.
False
By Paul Specht • December 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 22, 2020 a Facebook post
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s “daughter is having a big wedding today. 500 people. Then going to lock you down on Monday.”
False
November 23, 2020
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2020 a tweet
Says North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “has seen his approval rating plummet”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 12, 2020
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 12, 2019 a press release
Says replacing NC Supreme Court Chief Justice with most experienced justice is a "longstanding, nonpartisan tradition."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 27, 2019
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on August 28, 2018 a Facebook post
"As hundreds of North Carolinians face long lines at DMV offices around the state, Governor Cooper created a secret DMV office just for his friends."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 27, 2018
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 8, 2017 a press release
"Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 3, 2018
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on July 31, 2017 in a blog
Gov. Roy Cooper has "filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 22, 2017
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on August 2, 2016 a press release
"Roy Cooper's refusal to do his job is costing taxpayers money."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • August 16, 2016
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 31, 2016 a Facebook post
"Attorney General Roy Cooper refuses to do his job" by not defending House Bill 2 in a lawsuit.
Half-True
By Will Doran • April 7, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 9, 2016 a post on his Facebook page
"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 14, 2016
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