This week was dominated by the Republican National Convention, and ThinkProgress was there to fact-check the claims of the GOP’s featured stars. Check out the important posts you may have missed:
1. FACTS MATTER: The Ultimate Guide To Mitt Romney’s Convention Speech
2. The 6 Worst Lies In Paul Ryan’s Speech
3. RNC’s Featured Small Business Owner: My Company Needs More Government Contracts
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Igor Volsky Deputy Editor, ThinkProgress
Mitt Romney‘s running mate Paul Ryan delivered a forty-minute speech that was riddled with numerous, already debunked attacks. The “intellectual leader of the Republican Party” not only failed on the facts, he failed to offer one concrete idea for this country’s future. Take a look at Ryan’s flagrant disregard for the truth, and then share this video with your friends.
Share on TumblrNineteen years ago, Austin Ligon and his partners had a simple idea: make buying a used car a transparent, easy process. Today, CarMax, the business he co-founded and served as CEO, is America‘s largest auto retailer—a public company that sells more than 750,000 used cars a year, employs nearly 17,000 people in 30 states, and has been named one of Fortune’s Top 100 companies to work for for eight consecutive years.
Ohio coal miners lost a day’s pay after they were forced to attend a Romney rally on a “mandatory and unpaid” basis. The mine is owned by a major Romney donor.
Mitt Romney wants consumers to waste an extra $1.7 TRILLION on gas.
The Romney campaign laughs off a reporter’s question about their false and discredited welfare attacks.
As Hurricane Isaac bears down on New Orleans, a Romney campaign co-chair complains that the media is “obsessed with mother nature.”
The fact-free Romney campaign.
The mayor of Los Angeles had some sharp words for the GOP on immigration.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) is crying wolf on the Obama administration’s response to Hurricane Isaac.
Florida’s GOP voter suppression law brought voter registration to a standstill.
Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor backtracked on her criticism of Todd Akin after being told that Paul Ryan also tried to redefine rape: “I think there is a way to have a more forcible rape.”
ThinkProgress has three important stories you may have missed:
1. GOP Approves ‘Most Conservative Platform In Modern History’
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Igor Volsky Deputy Editor, ThinkProgress
TheYoungTurkson May 23, 2011
Republican Congressman Paul Ryan struggled to defend his wildly unpopular Medicare plan on Meet The Press. Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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