Claim: Rick Perry has made false or exaggerated claims on U.S. oil imports, the federal debt, Social Security and the federal health care law. The Texas governor gave a speech Aug. 13 in South Carolina to announce he will run for the Republican presidential nomination. As we have for other declared candidates, we offer here a summary of his past statements that we have found to be false or misleading. We also reviewed his weekend speech and found other questionable claims.
Fact-check: FactChecking Perry - FactCheck.org
Verdict: rick perry has made false or exaggerated claims on u.s. oil imports, the federal debt, social security and the federal health care law. the texas governor gave a speech aug. 13 in south carolina to announce he will run for the republican presidential nomination. as we have for other declared candidates, we offer here a summary of his past statements that we have found to be false or misleading. we also reviewed his weekend speech and found other questionable claims.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2011-08-15T21:00:31