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Latest Fact-Checks On Tim Pawlenty

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Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 24, 2011 a statement from the campaign
Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"There's no scientific conclusion that (being gay) is genetic."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 13, 2011 a debate in New Hampshire
"There was a recent report out that the premiums for Medicare and the payroll withholdings are only paying about half the program. So it is not financially solvent."
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June 14, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
"Every child born today inherits a $30,000 share in a national debt that stands at more than $13 trillion."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
"Ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation," the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 "because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2011