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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Author Archives: Eugene Kiely
FactChecking GOP Response to Obama Gun Plan
Republican response to President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence has been peppered with misleading claims. Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas claimed, “Gun bans and anti-gun laws have always led to one thing — more gun violence.” But the majority of academic research on the effect of the federal …
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Tagged gun control, Guns, President Obama, Rep. Steve Stockman, Rick Perry, Sen. James Inhofe
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Do Assault Weapons Sales Pay NRA Salaries?
A Connecticut Democrat didn’t get his facts straight when he claimed NRA executives “pay their salaries” by taking “a cut” of assault weapons sales. In arguing that the NRA “represents gun manufacturers” and not “gun owners anymore,” Sen. Christopher Murphy discounted NRA membership dues as “less than half” of NRA …
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McConnell Fudges Fiscal Facts, Too
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell twisted some fiscal facts in his appearances on the Sunday talk show circuit: McConnell said the Obama administration has “driven spending as a percentage of our economy from 21 percent up to almost 25 percent.” But it was already projected to be almost 25 percent …
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Tagged debt, federal spending, Fiscal Cliff, Mitch McConnell, taxes
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Our Annual Year-end Appeal
During the presidential campaign, the Obama campaign emailed fundraising appeals with subject lines such as “This is critical” and “Absolutely urgent” to lament how the Democrats were being outraised and outspent by Republicans. But here’s something to consider: The Obama and Romney campaigns combined raised a record amount of more …
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