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National Democrats, pro-Obamacare group hammer Mike Coffman for vote supporting tax bill
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Save My Care, an organization opposed to repealing the Affordable Care Act, are targeting U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman with digital ads criticizing his support for Republican-sponsored tax reform legislation, the groups said Monday. The DCCC is unleashing ads on vulnerable GOP incumbents, including Coffman, who voted for the House…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump on immigration
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EDITOR’S NOTE – A look at the veracity of claims by political figures. A look at some of his statements after a meeting with Mexico’s president Wednesday and his immigration-focused night rally: ___ TRUMP, on people illegally in the U.S.: “They’re treated better than our vets.” THE FACTS: People in the country illegally do not…
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FACT CHECK: Trump gets his Mideast history wrong
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EDITOR’S NOTE _ A look at the veracity of claims by political figures. In trying to outline how he would defeat the threat, Trump himself launched several other false claims. He said Clinton and Obama sought to install a democracy in Libya and pushed for immediate change in leadership in Syria, accusing the pair of embarking on…
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Video proves Clinton suffering seizures? Not so, I was there
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I’ve never been part of a conspiracy theory. Now, video of my surprised facial expression has become Exhibit A in the latest unfounded speculation about Hillary Clinton. It starts with Clinton’s visit to a muffin shop in Washington on June 10, five days before the District of Columbia’s Democratic primary. The then-presumptive Democratic nominee popped in for a…
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After verbal missteps, Trump blames others
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It’s the media’s fault. That’s out of context. Never said it in the first place. Donald Trump’s claim Friday that he was merely being “sarcastic” in accusing President Barack Obama of establishing a terrorist group was his latest attempt to blame others for the uproar over what he says. It’s an instinct that Trump’s opponents say a president can’t…
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In reversal, Trump says IS claim about Obama was sarcastic
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After days of alleging repeatedly that President Barack Obama literally founded the Islamic State group, Donald Trump abruptly shifted tone on Friday and insisted his widely debunked claim had been sarcastic. Trump, in an early-morning post on Twitter, blamed CNN for reporting “so seriously” that he had called Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton the extremist…
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Trump refuses to back away from false claim Obama founded ISIS
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Donald Trump repeatedly accused President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic State group on Thursday, refusing to take back a patently false allegation even when questioned about the logic of his position. A day after lobbing the attack against the president during a rowdy rally, Trump pressed ahead during a round of interviews. The Republican presidential nominee brushed off…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly says nation is short of coal
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EDITOR’S NOTE – A look at the veracity of claims by political figures But the Republican nominee incorrectly blamed the coal industry’s woes solely on new federal regulations, leaving out the effects of cheap natural gas. And he warned those regulations will lead to an imminent spike in the cost of electricity. That’s not on…
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Polman: Donald Trump’s fact-free marketing of fear
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I knew it would be a long night when Donald Trump launched his acceptance speech with a promise to speak “honestly,” telling the crowd, “There there will be no lies. We will honor the American people with the truth, and nothing else.” As if. When a con man offers to sell you Arizona land with…
