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Latest Fact-Checks On Barry Hinckley

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Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on October 24, 2012 a television commercial:
Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 1, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 a campaign commercial:
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on September 14, 2012 a story on 630WPRO.com:
A poll conducted in Egypt revealed that 80 percent of Egyptians oppose receiving foreign aid from the United States.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on August 7, 2012 a news conference:
"Thirty percent of [Sheldon Whitehouse' campaign] money is coming from special interests."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 19, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on June 28, 2012 a fundraising letter:
President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State:
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign event.:
The "Buffett rule" "raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • April 15, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on March 12, 2012 a news release:
"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 18, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on January 17, 2012 a YouTube video:
"Sheldon Whitehouse's failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful..."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 31, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on December 4, 2011 an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
"Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 27, 2011
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 an appearance on Channel 6:
"There's no money in Social Security."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011