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Latest Fact-Checks In North Carolina

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Karen Brinson Bell
stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee:
Says the NC elections board “did not change state law.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 5, 2021
Mark Walker
stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet:
“President Biden is raising the prices of insulin and Epi-Pens on those with high costs and the uninsured.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht, Samantha Putterman • February 12, 2021
David Rouzer
stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:
The National Institutes of Health “states that regular marijuana use can reduce IQ by 8 points.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 8, 2020
VoteVets.org
stated on September 2, 2020 in an ad:
Says Thom Tillis voted “against a pay raise for a military, while voting for a pay raise for himself.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 10, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 22, 2020
Dan Forest
stated on September 2, 2020 in an interview:
“All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 14, 2020
Roy Cooper
stated on August 13, 2020 in 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
Chris Murphy
stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:
“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 20, 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
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
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2020 in a tweet:
Says North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “has seen his approval rating plummet”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 12, 2020
Tim Moore
stated on December 27, 2019 in a press release:
Says the photo ID law passed by North Carolina lawmakers is “one of the nation’s most lenient voter ID laws.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 17, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2020 in a speech:
Says Republicans just won two congressional seats in North Carolina “that were not supposed to be won.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 11, 2020
Cal Cunningham
stated on July 31, 2019 in a tweet:
Says his campaign hasn’t accepted corporate PAC money and isn’t funded by “special interests.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 21, 2019
Mark Meadows
stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet:
Says “President Obama fired every Bush appointed ambassador upon his election.”
Mostly False
By Julianna Rennie • November 21, 2019
Michelle Malkin
stated on September 10, 2019 in an appearance on The Ingraham Angle:
Says Pat McCrory “shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”
Mostly False
By Julianna Rennie • September 30, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Dan McCready “believes in open borders and sanctuary cities.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 30, 2019
Club for Growth
stated on July 25, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Dan McCready backed state legislation that raised consumers “$149 million a year in higher energy costs.”
Mostly False
By Elizabeth Thompson • August 8, 2019
Tim Moore
stated on June 4, 2019 in a radio interview:
Says court ruling allows abortions in North Carolina “until right before the baby is delivered.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 27, 2019
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