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21 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
This new complaint seeking an ethics investigation of McCarthy's housing arrangement with Frank Luntz draws heavily on information contained in three of our fact checks...
1. McCarthy's "room" that he rented was in a 7,000-square foot penthouse apartment. washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
2. The housing arrangement violated the condo by-laws, which required the entire space be rented for not less than six months. washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
3. McCarthy's leadership PAC paid Luntz for messaging work just before McCarthy began renting the space. washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

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27 Apr
We've been comparing Biden (67 false or misleading claims) to Trump's first 100 days (511 claims.) But past is no prologue. In the last 100 days before the 2020 election, we counted 8,859 claims made by Trump. It was a wild ride.
Here's the Biden database -- which we do not plan to extend beyond 100 days. I have learned my lesson. washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…
“Learned my lesson” means that who knows what the next four years will bring. We have fact-checked Biden rigorously and will continue to do so. Trump at 500 claims/100 days was manageable; 8,000+ was not.
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Biden, 2008: "If in fact there is a failure -- meaning that American and international forces leave -- there's a dysfunctional government allowing the Taliban back in, effective de facto control of the country, then I think what you do is you'll embolden al Qaeda."
Biden made these comments at a @CFR_org session. Everyone, of course, is entitled to change their mind and times have changed. Biden said he never believed one could unify Afghanistan. While he didn't use those words, he talking about connecting the central govt to the provinces.
^^ I should make clear Biden said today he never believed the country could be unified. But in 2008 he pressed for more roads to connect the nation. "How do you spell 'hope' in Dhari or in Pashtu? A-s-p-h-a-l-t. Asphalt," he told @CFR_org.
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Trump actually mentioned it 43 times in various speeches, campaign rallies and the debates. But let's not forget that Trump also twisted what the Senate report said -- and that Hunter Biden's lawyer said no such transfer took place. .....
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Hunter Biden’s lawyer George Mesires said claim that Hunter Biden received the funds was wrong: “Hunter Biden had no interest in and was not a ‘co-founder’ of Rosemont Seneca Thornton, so the claim that he was paid $3.5 million is false.”
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