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PolitiFact North Carolina writer

Paul Specht is a correspondent for PolitiFact North Carolina at WRAL. Previously he worked at the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., where he covered state government. Specht joined the N&O politics desk in 2017. Before that, he covered government and development news in and around Raleigh. He graduated from Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., in 2010 with a degree in communications.

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dicho el Agosto 27, 2024 en a social media post:

The order of candidate names on North Carolina’s ballot shows a “clear attempt at voter manipulation.”

Por Paul Specht • Agosto 28, 2024
Doug Burgum
dicho el Mayo 25, 2024 en 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.

Por Paul Specht • Junio 17, 2024
Anderson Clayton
dicho el Mayo 10, 2024 en a social media post:

“Justice Paul Newby is out here removing judges who were elected to their positions by the voters of North Carolina!!!”

Por Paul Specht • Junio 3, 2024
X posts
dicho el Mayo 14, 2024 en a social media post:

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

Por Paul Specht • Mayo 22, 2024
Kelly Daughtry
dicho el Abril 1, 2024 en a campaign advertisement:

“Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.”

Por Paul Specht • Abril 25, 2024
Joe Biden
dicho el Marzo 26, 2024 en a speech:

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

Por Paul Specht • Marzo 28, 2024
Donald Trump
dicho el Marzo 2, 2024 en a speech:

“Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.”

Por Paul Specht • Marzo 7, 2024
Deborah Ross
dicho el Enero 25, 2024 en a press conference:

“North Carolina has the longest voting period in the country … and we have the most ways of voting.”

Por Paul Specht • Febrero 28, 2024
Thom Tillis
dicho el Enero 8, 2024 en a press release:

Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway

Por Paul Specht • Enero 19, 2024
Mark Robinson
dicho el Noviembre 9, 2023 en 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.”

Por Paul Specht • Diciembre 11, 2023

Does Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson become governor if Gov. Roy Cooper leaves the state?

Por Paul Specht • Julio 27, 2024
Trump and some in GOP are promoting a Biden bribery allegation. It is from 2020 and unverified.

Por Jeff Cercone • Junio 16, 2023
A voter guide to North Carolina’s Senate primaries

Por Louis Jacobson • Mayo 13, 2022
The race for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat: A guide

Por Paul Specht • Abril 13, 2022
The ‘shaking’ COVID-19 vaccine side-effect videos and what we know about them

Por Samantha Putterman • Enero 20, 2021
In NC, can someone commit voter fraud using only 'a phone book'?

Por Paul Specht • Enero 29, 2020
Trump says North Carolina’s economy is the ‘best’ in state history

Por Elizabeth Thompson • Julio 27, 2019
Reports of the 'born alive' abortion scenario are rare

Por Paul Specht • Mayo 30, 2019
Fact-checking claims about abortion and the ‘born alive’ bill

Por Louis Jacobson • Abril 19, 2019
McConnell falsely suggests GOP forecast the type of election fraud found in NC

Por Matthew Riley • Marzo 7, 2019