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All Mostly False statements involving Pat Toomey

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Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey

Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

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Is Philly "radical?"

Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey

"Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous."

— PolitiFact Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 8th, 2017

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The case for keeping Uighurs at Gitmo lacked evidence

Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey

Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."

— PolitiFact Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

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Adjust for inflation

Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey

It's entirely possible that the Democratic nominee, [Hillary Clinton], earned more money giving a single speech on Wall Street than I made the six years that I was there back in the 1980s… In fact, it’s quite likely.

— PolitiFact Pennsylvania on Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

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Tax would hit a tiny fraction of the ad's viewers

Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey

"Joe Sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010