Latest False Fact-checks in North Carolina Viral image stated on January 14, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina. TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok: “JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.” Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a Facebook post: “FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’” Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post on Facebook: “So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.” TikTok posts stated on December 4, 2024 in a video: Mitchell County, North Carolina, sheriff’s deputies “stole” generators intended for Hurricane Helene victims. Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2024 in a video: Six hundred body bags were “filled the first day” of Hurricane Helene recovery in North Carolina. X posts stated on November 12, 2024 in a social media post: “Red Cross is set to close shelters across North Carolina on Nov. 15. Families staying in these shelters are being told: ‘If you don’t have a safe place to take your children, you won’t be leaving with them.’” Instagram posts stated on November 5, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo shows 2024 ballots cast for Republicans in North Carolina that a postal worker said he was going to make “disappear.” Lisa Grafstein stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer: Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education. Viral image stated on October 17, 2024 in an Instagram post: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was arrested “for aiding FEMA in deep state’s ‘eminent domain’ takeover of North Carolina.” Instagram posts stated on October 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Kamala Harris staged hurricane relief photo op with C-17, no supplies sent to victims.” Social Media stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts: “FEMA helicopters caught disrupting North Carolina supplies by using a ‘rotor wash’.” Terence Everitt stated on October 11, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: Republican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.” Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2024 in Facebook posts: The government gave $3,500 debit cards to immigrants while giving only $750 to Hurricane Helene victims. Social Media stated on October 4, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.” Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in an Instagram post: FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights. Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2024 in a video on Facebook: The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!” Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2024 in an Instagram post: North Carolina removed 747,000 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.” X posts stated on August 27, 2024 in a social media post: The order of candidate names on North Carolina’s ballot shows a “clear attempt at voter manipulation.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows former President Donald Trump thought he was in North Carolina while he spoke in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2024 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a pink dolphin spotted off the North Carolina coast. Anderson Clayton stated on May 10, 2024 in a social media post: “Justice Paul Newby is out here removing judges who were elected to their positions by the voters of North Carolina!!!” Kelly Daughtry stated on April 1, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: “Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.” Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2024 in a speech: “Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.” Thom Tillis stated on January 8, 2024 in a press release: Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway Mark Robinson stated on November 9, 2023 in a social media post: North Carolina Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein “supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand with no restrictions up until birth.” Tricia Cotham stated on September 25, 2023 in an interview on WBT-FM: The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.” Roy Cooper stated on August 24, 2023 in a veto statement: GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
Viral image stated on January 14, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina. TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok: “JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.” Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a Facebook post: “FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’” Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post on Facebook: “So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.” TikTok posts stated on December 4, 2024 in a video: Mitchell County, North Carolina, sheriff’s deputies “stole” generators intended for Hurricane Helene victims. Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2024 in a video: Six hundred body bags were “filled the first day” of Hurricane Helene recovery in North Carolina. X posts stated on November 12, 2024 in a social media post: “Red Cross is set to close shelters across North Carolina on Nov. 15. Families staying in these shelters are being told: ‘If you don’t have a safe place to take your children, you won’t be leaving with them.’” Instagram posts stated on November 5, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo shows 2024 ballots cast for Republicans in North Carolina that a postal worker said he was going to make “disappear.” Lisa Grafstein stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer: Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education. Viral image stated on October 17, 2024 in an Instagram post: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was arrested “for aiding FEMA in deep state’s ‘eminent domain’ takeover of North Carolina.” Instagram posts stated on October 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Kamala Harris staged hurricane relief photo op with C-17, no supplies sent to victims.” Social Media stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts: “FEMA helicopters caught disrupting North Carolina supplies by using a ‘rotor wash’.” Terence Everitt stated on October 11, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: Republican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.” Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2024 in Facebook posts: The government gave $3,500 debit cards to immigrants while giving only $750 to Hurricane Helene victims. Social Media stated on October 4, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.” Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in an Instagram post: FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights. Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2024 in a video on Facebook: The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!” Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2024 in an Instagram post: North Carolina removed 747,000 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.” X posts stated on August 27, 2024 in a social media post: The order of candidate names on North Carolina’s ballot shows a “clear attempt at voter manipulation.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows former President Donald Trump thought he was in North Carolina while he spoke in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2024 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a pink dolphin spotted off the North Carolina coast. Anderson Clayton stated on May 10, 2024 in a social media post: “Justice Paul Newby is out here removing judges who were elected to their positions by the voters of North Carolina!!!” Kelly Daughtry stated on April 1, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: “Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.” Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2024 in a speech: “Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.” Thom Tillis stated on January 8, 2024 in a press release: Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway Mark Robinson stated on November 9, 2023 in a social media post: North Carolina Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein “supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand with no restrictions up until birth.” Tricia Cotham stated on September 25, 2023 in an interview on WBT-FM: The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.” Roy Cooper stated on August 24, 2023 in a veto statement: GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
Viral image stated on January 14, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina.
TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok: “JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”
Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a Facebook post: “FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’”
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post on Facebook: “So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”
TikTok posts stated on December 4, 2024 in a video: Mitchell County, North Carolina, sheriff’s deputies “stole” generators intended for Hurricane Helene victims.
Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2024 in a video: Six hundred body bags were “filled the first day” of Hurricane Helene recovery in North Carolina.
X posts stated on November 12, 2024 in a social media post: “Red Cross is set to close shelters across North Carolina on Nov. 15. Families staying in these shelters are being told: ‘If you don’t have a safe place to take your children, you won’t be leaving with them.’”
Instagram posts stated on November 5, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo shows 2024 ballots cast for Republicans in North Carolina that a postal worker said he was going to make “disappear.”
Lisa Grafstein stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer: Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.
Viral image stated on October 17, 2024 in an Instagram post: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was arrested “for aiding FEMA in deep state’s ‘eminent domain’ takeover of North Carolina.”
Instagram posts stated on October 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Kamala Harris staged hurricane relief photo op with C-17, no supplies sent to victims.”
Social Media stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts: “FEMA helicopters caught disrupting North Carolina supplies by using a ‘rotor wash’.”
Terence Everitt stated on October 11, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: Republican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.”
Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2024 in Facebook posts: The government gave $3,500 debit cards to immigrants while giving only $750 to Hurricane Helene victims.
Social Media stated on October 4, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas.
Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.”
Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in an Instagram post: FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights.
Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2024 in a video on Facebook: The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”
Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2024 in an Instagram post: North Carolina removed 747,000 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.”
X posts stated on August 27, 2024 in a social media post: The order of candidate names on North Carolina’s ballot shows a “clear attempt at voter manipulation.”
Viral image stated on August 17, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows former President Donald Trump thought he was in North Carolina while he spoke in Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.”
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2024 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a pink dolphin spotted off the North Carolina coast.
Anderson Clayton stated on May 10, 2024 in a social media post: “Justice Paul Newby is out here removing judges who were elected to their positions by the voters of North Carolina!!!”
Kelly Daughtry stated on April 1, 2024 in a campaign advertisement: “Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.”
Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2024 in a speech: “Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.”
Thom Tillis stated on January 8, 2024 in a press release: Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway
Mark Robinson stated on November 9, 2023 in a social media post: North Carolina Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein “supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand with no restrictions up until birth.”
Tricia Cotham stated on September 25, 2023 in an interview on WBT-FM: The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.”
Roy Cooper stated on August 24, 2023 in a veto statement: GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
