No candidate received 50 percent of the vote in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election, so the top two vote-getters now face off in a June 20 runoff. Nevertheless, both parties claimed a moral victory — spinning the facts to make their points.
Issues: campaign financing
Groundhog Friday
This week’s wrap-up of repeated claims includes several we heard during the parties’ national conventions.
Trump vs. Club for Growth
McCrory on Human Rights Campaign
Clinton’s Fossil Fuel Money Revisited
Pursuing America’s Greatness
A Republican super PAC supporting Mike Huckabee for president.
Massey’s Mining Money
The West Virginia coal mining disaster that took more than two dozen lives this week brought Massey Energy Corp., the nation’s fourth largest coal company, into the spotlight. The company and its CEO, Don Blankenship, have never been shy about involvement in the political process. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Massey’s political action committee plus individuals associated with the commpany have given more than $307,000 in all to federal candidates since the 1990 election cycle.
Misleading Attack in New Jersey Senate Race
Democrat Bob Menendez inaccurately portrays Republican Tom Kean as “getting around” a law that doesn’t even apply to him.