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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Mark Robinson
stated on November 9, 2023 in a social media post:
North Carolina Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein “supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand with no restrictions up until birth.”
False
By Paul Specht • December 11, 2023
Tricia Cotham
stated on September 25, 2023 in an interview on WBT-FM:
The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 9, 2023
Roy Cooper
stated on August 24, 2023 in 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
Virginia Foxx
stated on July 17, 2023 in a committee meeting:
Immigrants are supposed to “apply for asylum in the country where they are, and then they try to come into the United States.”
False
By Paul Specht • July 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Images show a great white shark on the beach in North Carolina.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 29, 2023
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 24, 2023 in an email:
“The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.”
False
By Paul Specht • March 14, 2023
Tim Moore
stated on February 8, 2023 in presentations about his bill:
“One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh
False
By Paul Specht • February 21, 2023
X posts
stated on January 24, 2023 in a tweet:
Diamond and Silk pundit died from COVID-19
False
By Paul Specht • February 6, 2023
Ted Budd
stated on October 7, 2022 in a debate:
Cheri Beasley was “encouraging (riots) all across our state and all across our country in 2020.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2022
Bo Hines
stated on October 1, 2022 in an interview on WRAL's "On the Record":
Wiley Nickel supports “abortion all the way up until the point of birth, even post-birth.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 10, 2022
Ben Kral
stated on August 10, 2022 in a statement:
“Violent crime (is) at an all-time high.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 23, 2022
Julie Mayfield
stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech:
“A quarter of the entire acreage in the country that is under hemp production is here in North Carolina.”
False
By Paul Specht • June 13, 2022
Barbara Gaskins
stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:
“The N.C. GOP came out in support of Sen. [Rick] Scott’s extremist policy to ‘Rescue America.’”
False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022
North Carolina Futures Action Fund
stated on May 16, 2022 in a campaign mailer:
State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor’s budget and teacher raises.
False
By Paul Specht • May 16, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
President Joe Biden was confused, “turned around and shook hands with thin air” after a speech.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 19, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Just passed into law today: You cannot go 5 miles over speed limit” in North Carolina.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 14, 2022
Ben Clark
stated on April 1, 2022 in a campaign newsletter:
“The House voted to cap insulin prices to $35/month, just $420 each year! Richard Hudson voted NO.”
False
By Paul Specht • April 4, 2022
Tyler Lee
stated on January 27, 2022 in a tweet:
ICE has been illegally releasing immigrants “in Huntersville #NC13 at big box retail locations. Feds aren’t notifying anyone, just making secret drops at 3am.”
False
By Paul Specht • February 8, 2022
Gary Sides
stated on August 3, 2021 in a school board meeting:
The United States’ southern border is “basically open” and is “a super spreader event.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 13, 2021
Mark Robinson
stated on July 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says “showing up at the front doors of people’s houses and violating HIPAA laws by requesting private medical information regarding their vaccination status is unacceptable and illegal.”
False
By Paul Specht • July 15, 2021
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