All statements involving Allen West
"This week the House of Representatives voted to remove the word ‘lunatic’ from federal law."
A precinct in the Allen West-Patrick Murphy recount has "7 registered voters in Guatemalan community and the tally showed 900 voted!!!!!"
"After Patrick Murphy’s charges were dropped, Murphy’s father gave the prosecutor a huge campaign donation."
Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
In June 2012 "we actually had more people go on Social Security Disability [85,000] ... than the 80,000 jobs that were created."
An "Obamacare slush fund" paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an "anti-obesity campaign."
U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.
About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus."
The EPA "wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion."
"In the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it was the Democrats who cut $500 billion from Medicare. And they also put in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all Americans."
"For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000."
"This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."
Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine."
Florida Democrats "put my Social Security number and my wife's Employment Identification Number in a mail piece."
In the first 24 to 36 hours of the operation in Libya, "you saw $115 million go downrange because a Tomahawk cruise missile is a little over $1 million each."
Says Allen West violated federal law by scuba diving with U.S. flag.
"China owns about 29 percent of (the U.S.) debt.''
Says Allen West helped thwart a terrorist plot by shooting a gun in the direction of an Iraqi detainee, then reported the incident to his superior and said it was wrong.
"We had an amendment in the health care law that said the federal government is going to take over education."
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