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Allen West and Patrick Murphy launch dueling attack ads in a Florida Congressional race
We fact-check ads where the candidates attack each other on matters of personal character.
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Barack Obama
Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."
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Mitt Romney
Says Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."
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Mitt Romney
Says President Obama waited two weeks to call the attack in Libya "terror."
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Barack Obama
Says Mitt Romney refused to say whether he'd sign the Lilly Ledbetter bill.
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Barack Obama
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal ...
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Mitt Romney
"Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
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Mitt Romney
Says Obama broke his promise to offer a comprehensive immigration bill in his first ...
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Joe Biden
Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we ...
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Paul Ryan
Says six studies verify that the math adds up for Mitt Romney’s tax plan.
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Barack Obama
As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."
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Paul Ryan
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to ...
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Barack Obama
Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s ...
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Paul Ryan
Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess ...
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Joe Biden
"There's not one Democrat who endorses" the Romney-Ryan Medicare plan.
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Paul Ryan
"The Canadians — they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax ...
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Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
Says Adam Hasner "gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000."
Says his deficit plan "made some adjustments to (Simpson-Bowles), and we're putting it forward before Congress right now, a $4 trillion plan."
Says Bill Nelson sold agricultural land "for home development, pocketing at least $1.4 million."
Bill Nelson "leased land that he owned for six cows, taking advantage of an agricultural tax loophole to dodge $43,000 in taxes just last year."
Says Bill Nelson "cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here."
"If Gov. Romney's plan goes into effect … the average senior would have to pay $460 a year more in tax for their Social Security."
Says Adam Hasner said he will never accept a pay increase, but he voted to raise his pay four times.
Says Lois Frankel "took a 40 percent pay raise" as mayor while West Palm Beach "lost jobs."
Says Daniel Webster "used taxpayer funds to build a lobbyist lounge."
Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, "who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms."
"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."
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- Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation." — Barack Obama
- Says Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour." — Mitt Romney
- Says President Obama waited two weeks to call the attack in Libya "terror." — Mitt Romney
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