Claim: Linda McMahon's U.S. Senate campaign recently used the social networking site Twitter to misrepresent former Rep. Robert Simmons' position on tax credits for businesses and the dividend tax. McMahon and Simmons are battling in Connecticut to become the GOP nominee for Chris Dodd's Senate seat. Shawn McCoy, deputy communications director for the McMahon campaign, tweeted the following on May 11: @RobSimmons supports hiking the dividends tax and opposes biz tax credits. No wonder CT lost 15,000 jobs while he was biz advocate But Simmons does support giving tax credits to businesses and extending the Bush tax cuts including the dividend tax,
Fact-check: A Mis-tweet from McMahon - FactCheck.org
Verdict: linda mcmahon's u.s. senate campaign recently used the social networking site twitter to misrepresent former rep. robert simmons' position on tax credits for businesses and the dividend tax. mcmahon and simmons are battling in connecticut to become the gop nominee for chris dodd's senate seat. shawn mccoy, deputy communications director for the mcmahon campaign, tweeted the following on may 11: @robsimmons supports hiking the dividends tax and opposes biz tax credits. no wonder ct lost 15,000 jobs while he was biz advocate but simmons does support giving tax credits to businesses and extending the bush tax cuts including the dividend tax,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2010-05-18T17:19:38