Claim: A laid off coal miner in an Alison Lundergan Grimes TV ad poses a question to Sen. Mitch McConnell: "Why'd you say it's not your job to bring jobs to Kentucky?" McConnell doesn't dispute saying it, but he claims that he misunderstood a reporter's question and his words have been misinterpreted.
Fact-check: Parsing McConnell's Job Description  - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a laid off coal miner in an alison lundergan grimes tv ad poses a question to sen. mitch mcconnell: "why'd you say it's not your job to bring jobs to kentucky?" mcconnell doesn't dispute saying it, but he claims that he misunderstood a reporter's question and his words have been misinterpreted.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2014-07-25T19:22:24