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Republican from North Carolina

Phil Berger is a Republican from Eden and the president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate.

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True

No gaps in this claim

Berger

"Since 2011, the gap in high school graduation rates between African-American students and all students has been cut in half, from 6.4 percent to 3.1 percent."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Thursday, March 7th, 2019

Mostly False

He asked for proof she was ill

Berger

Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

Mostly False

They actually support the death penalty

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

False

Not even close

Berger

North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Thursday, October 5th, 2017

Mostly False

Raises, yes. 15%, no.

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

Recent stories featuring Phil Berger

Fact-checking Roy Cooper’s State of the State speech

Gov. Roy Cooper made multiple claims about Medicaid expansion, education and more during his State of the State address Monday night. PolitiFact North Carolina checked them.

North Carolina teacher pay: $50,000 or not?

North Carolina Republicans spent much of 2016 saying they had raised the average teacher pay to $50,000. A new report shows they just barely missed the mark.

Dubious claims from both sides during North Carolina special session

Dubious claims from both sides have been flying back and forth in Raleigh.

Roundup of HB2 fact checks: North Carolina's controversial new LGBT law

North Carolina passed a wide-ranging law dealing with bathroom access, municipal powers and gay rights on March 23. Since then, it has become international news.