PolitiFact | Ted Budd

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Ted Budd is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represents parts of central North Carolina between Greensboro and Charlotte. He joined Congress in 2017.

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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.”

By Paul Specht • October 25, 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
Ted Budd
stated on March 2, 2021 in a tweet:

Says H.R. 1 “allows minors to vote.”

By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2021
Ted Budd
stated on February 24, 2021 in a speech:

“There’s about 9% of (the American Rescue Plan) actually going to COVID, meaning 91% of it is not even COVID-related.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2021
Ted Budd
stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet:

Says there are "2,000 inadmissible migrants arriving every day"

By Paul Specht • January 17, 2019

Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 24, 2022 in a political ad:

“Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.”

By Paul Specht • November 7, 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
EMILY's List
stated on September 9, 2022 in a political ad:

Ted Budd “helped write legislation to outlaw abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest — a law that could even put doctors in jail.”

By Paul Specht • October 5, 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
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

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