Tag Archives: Pat Toomey

Sunday Replay

Posted on October 25, 2010

This week, we find guests on the Sunday public affairs shows making false statements about disclosure of political funds, whether a Senate candidate pushed to have terrorists tried in his home state or favored letting states ban private health insurance, and whether middle-income families would pay more if the Bush …
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Toss-ups: Pennsylvania Cash Attack

Posted on October 19, 2010

Two independent groups are spending heavily in the Pennsylvania Senate race, and we find both are airing TV ads that go a bit too far: VoteVets.org, a left-leaning veterans group, is up with an ad that claims Republican Pat Toomey supports letting Wall Street …
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‘Privatizing’ Social Security?

Posted on August 20, 2010

In episode 25, we debunk President Obama’s claim that leading Republicans in Congress want to privatize Social Security. Plus, we look at dueling ads from the Pennsylvania Senate race, and we tackle claims related to the controversy over the Islamic center and mosque in New York. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode25(1).mp3[/podcast]   For more …
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DSCC Wrong on Toomey’s Wall St. Experience

Posted on August 17, 2010 , Corrected on Aug. 18, 2010

A Democratic Party ad says Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania was a "Wall Street wheeler dealer" trading in financial products that "wound up nearly destroying our economy." We find that to be false. The ad also falsely claims that Toomey "wrote the law" that it blames for weakening …
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Toomey’s Stimulus Charge Doesn’t Add Up

Posted on August 13, 2010

Republican Pat Toomey’s new ad in the Pennsylvania Senate race states that the $862 billion stimulus package "gave us record debt without creating jobs." He’s wrong on both counts. The ad, which was released Aug. 10, criticizes Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak for a number of his votes that prove, the …
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Specter’s Scorched-Earth Slip-Ups

Posted on April 2, 2009

Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter apparently doesn’t need an official opponent to come out with guns blazing in an attack ad that marks the first TV spot in this race. His ad criticizes former U.S. Rep. Patrick Toomey, a probable challenger in the GOP primary. But Specter misfires a few times along …
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