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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad:
Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 31, 2022
Cheri Beasley
stated on October 7, 2022 in a debate:
Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 24, 2022
Qasim Rashid
stated on July 18, 2022 in a tweet:
“North Carolina GOP is re-introducing a bill that says life begins at conception and anyone who destroys that fertilized egg is guilty of first-degree murder.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • July 25, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 6, 2022 in a television ad:
Cheri Beasley tossed the conviction of a man seeking sex with a boy online and “set free” a child porn offender.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022
School Freedom Fund
stated on April 2, 2022 in a television ad:
Former Gov. Pat McCrory appointed liberals to the North Carolina Textbook Commission, which “mandated textbooks” pushing critical race theory.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 26, 2022
Ted Budd
stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet:
“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 29, 2022
Pat McCrory
stated on March 8, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“While Ukrainians bled and died, Congressman Budd excused their killer.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 15, 2022
Greg Murphy
stated on January 16, 2022 in a tweet:
“The Dems demand a photo ID to get a cheeseburger.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 3, 2022
Deb Butler
stated on January 12, 2022 in a tweet:
Says the “NC appeals court” acknowledged the state’s election maps “are skewed,” but didn’t block them because they are “partisan hacks.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 21, 2022
Club for Growth
stated on December 7, 2021 in a video ad:
Audio clips from ad show Pat McCrory supported Black Lives Matter protesters while condemning ‘Trump supporters’
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 22, 2021
Cheri Beasley
stated on October 19, 2021 in a Q&A session:
“We need filibuster reform, and I’ve always been very clear about that.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 18, 2021
Mark Robinson
stated on October 21, 2021 in an interview with Diamond and Silk:
Says N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has gone after Jan. 6 protesters but he has “said nothing” about violent summer protests in North Carolina and was “derelict in his duty.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2021
Jeff Jackson
stated on October 11, 2021 in a candidate forum:
“The five most-endangered hospitals in the country are all in (North Carolina).”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 20, 2021
Pat McCrory
stated on September 17, 2021 in a radio interview:
Ted Budd’s family used AgriBioTech money to help “give donations to these Washington special interest groups that are running negative ads against me in the Senate race.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 8, 2021
Madison Cawthorn
stated on September 14, 2021 in a speech to the Johnston County school board:
Children and teen suicide attempts “skyrocketed 250% in 2020” according to “one study done by a hospital.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 28, 2021
Josh Stein
stated on August 3, 2021 in a Council of State meeting:
“More people have died of an opioid overdose in North Carolina in recent years than have died of COVID.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 6, 2021
Dean Arp
stated on June 2, 2021 in in a committee meeting:
Says North Carolina’s proposed abortion bill would not “govern the conversation between the doctor and patient.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 18, 2021
Natasha Marcus
stated on May 6, 2021 in a tweet:
Says North Carolina bill “would allow politically active 501(c)(4) organizations to hide major donors while using their money to support or oppose candidates and political issues.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 31, 2021
X posts
stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet:
“Joe Biden forced the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina to resign after 24 people were charged with election fraud and the Mainstream Media never even batted an eyelash.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 29, 2021
Thom Tillis
stated on March 10, 2021 in a committee meeting:
Says a lack of transparency for small-dollar donations is the “same thing” as dark money
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 17, 2021
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