Claim: We found several exaggerations and misstatements in the latest Republican presidential candidates' debate. Romney issued a hollow threat to take China's currency manipulation to a world body that doesn't actually deal with overvalued money, and he claimed federal spending consumes more of the nation's economic output than it really does. Gingrich overstated U.S. aid to Egypt by a factor of two, and he claimed Obama repudiated former president Mubarak "overnight," when in fact the president took seven days before he publicly urged Mubarak to begin an "orderly transition"
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Verdict: we found several exaggerations and misstatements in the latest republican presidential candidates' debate. romney issued a hollow threat to take china's currency manipulation to a world body that doesn't actually deal with overvalued money, and he claimed federal spending consumes more of the nation's economic output than it really does. gingrich overstated u.s. aid to egypt by a factor of two, and he claimed obama repudiated former president mubarak "overnight," when in fact the president took seven days before he publicly urged mubarak to begin an "orderly transition"
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2011-11-13T07:10:24