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Sydney Batch
stated on February 28, 2025 in a podcast interview:

North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.”

By Paul Specht • March 28, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina:

"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.

By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2025
Tim Moore
stated on October 21, 2024 in a press conference:

“I’ve not gotten a single call from the White House.”

By Paul Specht • October 31, 2024
House Majority PAC
stated on September 9, 2024 in a television ad:

Laurie Buckhout is “trying to get to Congress to pass a national abortion ban, allowing politicians to ban abortions with no exceptions and prosecute women if they get an abortion, treating women right here like criminals.”

By Paul Specht • October 1, 2024
Republican Governors Association
stated on June 24, 2024 in a campaign advertisement:

“On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.”

By Paul Specht • September 17, 2024
Josh Stein
stated on September 5, 2024 in a press release:

“Mark Robinson skips Board of Education vote on teacher bonuses to hold campaign event.”

By Paul Specht • September 6, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:

Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”

By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2024
Doug Burgum
stated on May 25, 2024 in a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention:

Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity.

By Paul Specht • June 17, 2024
X posts
stated on May 14, 2024 in a social media post:

North Carolina mask bill includes “specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.”

By Paul Specht • May 22, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on March 26, 2024 in a speech:

Says Donald Trump “told Americans all they had to do was inject bleach in themselves. Just take a shot of UV light.”

By Paul Specht • March 28, 2024
Unleash Prosperity Now
stated on August 13, 2023 in 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.”

By Paul Specht • September 21, 2023
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 7, 2023 in a political ad:

A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.”

By Paul Specht • August 11, 2023
Tricia Cotham
stated on April 5, 2023 in a press conference:

Minority Leader Robert Reives “sent out a statement … encouraging us to resign and/or (face) a primary challenge.”

By Paul Specht • May 4, 2023
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
stated on February 8, 2023 in a tweet:

“North Carolina ranks last in the country in K-12 funding.”

By Paul Specht • April 7, 2023
Richard Hudson
stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet:

“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”

By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad:

Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”

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.”

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."

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.

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.

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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’

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.”

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.”

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).”

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.”

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.”

By Paul Specht • September 28, 2021

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