Statements we say are Mostly False | PolitiFact North Carolina

'Zero' is an overstatement

Tim Moore

States with voter ID laws have seen "zero decrease" in participation. "Most have seen an increase."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

About that base (funding) ...

Roy Cooper

"One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Thursday, June 7th, 2018

He endorsed Cruz first

Robert Pittenger

"Mark Harris worked to stop Trump from being president."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, March 16th, 2018

There's a lot more to it

Robin Hayes

"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, January 10th, 2018

They actually support the death penalty

Phil Berger

"Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

Corporate money says otherwise

Pat McCrory

The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

No promises were made

Nancy McFarlane

Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Monday, November 6th, 2017

Legislators took Cooper's power

David Lewis

Gov. Roy Cooper has "filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

He neglects key details

Roy Cooper

House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, August 16th, 2017

Insurers could charge far, far more

Robert Pittenger

Says the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, "absolutely does not eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Thursday, May 4th, 2017

Stats are too "high"

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"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Monday, April 24th, 2017

Raises, yes. 15%, no.

Phil Berger

Says Republican legislators in North Carolina raised the average teacher's pay "by more than 15 percent in just three years."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Thursday, March 16th, 2017

It has, but not by leaps and bounds

John Skvarla

Says HB2 "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina’s economy.

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, October 28th, 2016

They are vetted, and the FBI can track them

Pat McCrory

Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

It rose to 41st, actually

Roy Cooper

"Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, September 2nd, 2016

Actually saving money

Pat McCrory

"Roy Cooper's refusal to do his job is costing taxpayers money."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Democrats share much of the blame

Hillary Clinton

"Thanks to (North Carolina’s) governor and the legislature, the average teacher salary can barely support a family."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Holding currently represents more of it than Ellmers does

Renee Ellmers

Because George Holding doesn’t live in the congressional district he’s running for, he "doesn’t experience the same things that we are all experiencing."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, June 3rd, 2016

The group is pretty transparent, actually

Pat McCrory

Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, May 27th, 2016

Far more government spending goes to rape crisis charities

LGBT Progress

North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, April 1st, 2016