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Chain e-mails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Recent statements involving Chain e-mail
"Private prisons do not chase escaped inmates past the perimeter like the public prisons do, which means more escaped prisoners in our communities."
"If you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it."
In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.
"What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not . . . a Congress!"
"Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from Obama's past, saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc.? Not one person has ever come forward from his past."
Recent stories featuring Chain e-mail
PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner:
Find yourself sitting beside a relative who has sent you lots of chain e-mails? Here's our guide on what to say. Stash it under the green bean casserole until you need it.
PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner :
Find yourself sitting beside a relative who has sent you lots of chain e-mails?
Here's our guide on what to say. Stash it under the green bean casserole until you need it.
PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner :
Find yourself sitting beside a relative who has sent you lots of chain e-mails? Here's our guide on what to say. Stash it under the green bean casserole until you need it.
A 3.8 percent 'sales tax' on real estate transactions for health care?:
A clause in the law sparked a Pants on Fire chain e-mail that's still going strong.
Top 5 falsehoods about the Bush tax cuts :
With the tax debate heating up, we review some of the talking points that are just flat wrong.
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