Claim: Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling, at a nationally televised meeting of House Republicans in Baltimore, accused President Obama to his face of running up deficits a dozen times greater than the GOP's. The president said, "That's factually just not true, and you know it's not true," and he invited "any independent fact-checker out there" to assess which man got the facts right. OK, we will. We have to score this one for Obama. Hensarling told a Texas-size whopper —
Fact-check: A Texas-size Whopper - FactCheck.org
Verdict: texas rep. jeb hensarling, at a nationally televised meeting of house republicans in baltimore, accused president obama to his face of running up deficits a dozen times greater than the gop's. the president said, "that's factually just not true, and you know it's not true," and he invited "any independent fact-checker out there" to assess which man got the facts right. ok, we will. we have to score this one for obama. hensarling told a texas-size whopper —
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2010-02-01T20:18:53