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More Florida Fouls

Posted on January 27, 2012 , Corrected on January 30, 2012

Newt Gingrich falsely claimed he never favored a federal mandate requiring individuals to have health insurance. Romney repeated a false accusation that President Obama failed to denounce Hamas rocket attacks in a speech to the United Nations. And Santorum insisted that Muslim terrorists are seeking missile bases in Cuba — …
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CNBC Debate: Slim Pickings for FactCheckers

Posted on November 10, 2011

The latest debate among Republican candidates for president was a tame affair that produced few factual claims needing correction. Candidates stuck mostly to promises and expressions of their conservative faith in free markets, and their disdain for government. The debate was held Nov. 9 at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., …
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Las Vegas Smackdown

Posted on October 19, 2011 , Updated on October 21, 2011

Republican candidates hammered each other for two hours in a lively Nevada confrontation — and often strayed from the facts. Cain denied that his tax plan would boost taxes for 84 percent of Americans, or fall heavily on those with lower incomes. A new study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy …
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Tales From New Hampshire

Posted on October 12, 2011 , Updated on October 20, 2011

Our research has turned up some more dubious and misleading claims from the economic debate among Republican candidates in Hanover, N.H. Cain claims his 9-9-9 proposal to overhaul the tax code is “simple, transparent, efficient, fair, and neutral.” But his campaign …
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Recycled Spin at New Hampshire GOP Debate

Posted on October 11, 2011 , Updated on Oct. 14, 2011

At the latest debate, the Republican presidential candidates repeated several claims they’ve made before. The candidates participated in a roundtable-style discussion at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, where they reiterated false and misleading lines about the federal health care law, the debt ceiling debate, job creation and more: Former Massachusetts …
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Simi Valley Showdown

Posted on January 31, 2008

Summary With a nationwide wave of nominating contests looming next week, Republican presidential candidates held their last scheduled debate against the backdrop of Ronald Reagan’s retired Air Force One. But we found some of the candidates' facts just won’t fly. Romney complained that McCain used "the wrong data" about job …
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Myrtle Beach Blarney

Posted on January 11, 2008

Summary Another debate, another round of fact-checking. The GOP meeting in South Carolina was the third for Republican candidates in a week, but they haven’t run out of exaggerations or misstatements: Romney claimed Massachusetts gained jobs "every single month" he was governor after hitting a low point. In fact the …
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GOP Candidates Debate, Round 2

Posted on May 16, 2007 , Corrected on May 17, 2007

Summary Claims, facts and figures flew at the second GOP presidential debate of 2008. Not all were true. For example: Mitt Romney claimed he didn’t raise taxes when he was governor of Massachusetts, failing to note that he increased government fees by hundreds of millions of dollars and shifted some …
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