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Bachmann Bungles Benghazi, Food Stamps

Posted on March 22, 2013

Rep. Michele Bachmann used misleading and at times wildly inaccurate portrayals of two key domestic and foreign policy issues — food stamps and the response to an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya — to paint President Obama as someone who doesn’t “care.” Her account of the White House …
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‘Death Spiral’ States?

Posted on January 11, 2013

Q: Do 11 states now have more people on welfare than they have employed? A: A viral email making this claim is off base. It distorts a Forbes article that compares private-sector workers with those “dependent on the government,” including government workers and pensioners, and Medicaid recipients — not just …
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Romney’s Food Stamp Stretch

Posted on September 27, 2012

Mitt Romney claims President Barack Obama caused a doubling of able-bodied persons on food stamps by taking “work out of the food stamps requirement.” That’s an exaggeration. All but four states had already received waivers from specific work requirements for some or all of their residents before Obama became president. …
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Newt’s Faulty Food-Stamp Claim

Posted on January 18, 2012 , Updated on February 5, 2012

Newt Gingrich claims that “more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history.” He’s wrong. More were added under Bush than under Obama, according to the most recent figures. The former speaker made that claim Jan. 16 in a Republican debate in …
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Gingrich Overshoots the Truth

Posted on May 17, 2011

Republican Newt Gingrich mistakenly claimed on "Meet the Press" that a U.S. helicopter involved in the Osama bin Laden raid "was shot down." There’s no evidence of that. U.S. officials say it crash landed and was destroyed by Navy SEALs. Gingrich also was wrong to say Pakistan’s intelligence chief did not …
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A Mythical Florida Mom (And Other False Claims About Immigrants)

Posted on May 14, 2010

Q: Does an illegal immigrant in Florida get $1,500 a month for each of her eight children? A: No. Illegal immigrants don’t qualify for welfare or food stamps. A chain e-mail from a "disabled Vietnam vet" is full of misinformation.  

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