Fact-checking the Kendrick Meek/Jeff Greene debate
By Aaron Sharockman
Published on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 8:28 a.m.
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The U.S. spends $4 billion on research and development for energy, while spending $350 billion on oil from foreign countries, "many of whom are our enemies."
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Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."
Kendrick Meek, Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010.
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"When I become the nominee, the Democratic nominee, I will be the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot."
Kendrick Meek, Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010.
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Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene debated for the first time on June 22, 2010.
The two Democrats running for the U.S. Senate, Rep. Kendrick Meek and multimillionaire investor Jeff Greene, debated for the first time on June 22, 2010. And it got feisty.
Here's how the St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald summed it up:
You know a campaign is getting down and dirty when one candidate tells his opponent to quit insulting his mother.
We're fact-checking claims from both Greene and Meek.
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Names in this article: Jeff Greene, Kendrick Meek
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