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Rangel’s Assault Weapons Whopper

Posted on March 22, 2013

Rep. Charlie Rangel falsely claimed there are “millions of kids dying, being shot down by assault weapons.” In fact, fewer than 100,000 persons younger than 20 years old died of gun violence, including suicide, over a 30-year period through 2010, government data show. About two-thirds of those deaths — or …
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RNC: The Dems’ Ethical Embarrassments

Posted on March 12, 2010

A new ad buy from the Republican National Committee departs from the subject of health care, focusing instead on another theme the GOP wants to emphasize as the midterm elections approach: the Democrats’ recent ethics travails. The ad, pointedly called "Pelosi’s Failure," begins with a clip of Rep. Nancy Pelosi …
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