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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Tag Archives: Rick Perry
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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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged gun control, Guns, President Obama, Rep. Steve Stockman, Rick Perry, Sen. James Inhofe
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Turks Object to Perry’s Baseless ‘Terrorist’ Claim
Rick Perry created an international controversy when he claimed, with no basis in fact, that Turkey “is being ruled by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists.” That may be his opinion, but the fact is that the Republic of Turkey is a U.S. ally and a secular democracy …
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More Baloney at ABC/Yahoo! Debate
False and misleading claims were flying again at the latest Republican presidential candidates’ debate in Iowa. Romney falsely claimed that no president before Obama had cut Medicare, and that Obama favored pre-1967 borders for Israel. Gingrich said he opposed cap-and-trade, even though …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged Election 2010, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry
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Debate Watch
The six Republican presidential candidates who are set to meet and debate again on Dec. 10 have all made some claims that don’t line up with the facts. Will they repeat this shopworn spin, or have they tired of these talking points? Here’s what to watch and listen for when …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Election 2010, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Super PAC Polishes Huntsman’s Resume
A super PAC backing Jon Huntsman for president makes three misleading or false claims in a TV ad now running in New Hampshire: The group, which calls itself Our Destiny, suggests President Obama is to blame for a volatile stock market — saying “the stock market is a wreck,” even …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged economy, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Our Destiny, President Obama, Rick Perry
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Friends Lumped with Foes in Foreign Oil Debate
Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman this week both exaggerated the extent to which the U.S. relies on imported oil from countries “hostile” or “unfriendly” to the U.S. Warning about over-reliance on foreign oil from countries that “don’t like us very much” is a bipartisan refrain. And it …
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Perry’s Dubious Tax Promise
In his speech unveiling his proposed “flat tax” overhaul of the tax system, Rick Perry promised that “taxes will be cut across all income groups in America.” But a newly released analysis of his plan by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center concluded that many lower-income persons and families would see …
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Romney Didn’t OK New Benefits for Illegal Immigrants
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is claiming that Mitt Romney “OKd health care for illegal immigrants” by signing Massachusetts’ 2006 health care overhaul law. But the law didn’t give illegal immigrants anything new. It merely continued and renamed a state program that had long allowed low-income, uninsured residents, including those in …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged health care, illegal immigrants, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry
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Romney v. Perry in a YouTube Slugfest
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are hammering each other with dueling — and distorted — YouTube ads. Romney’s ad says “unemployment has doubled on Perry’s watch” as Texas governor. That’s true. But it’s also true that Texas has bucked the national trend and now has a lower jobless rate …
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