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Brendan Doherty

Brendan Doherty

Brendan Doherty, former head of the Rhode Island State Police, ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2012 in Rhode Island's 1st District as a Republican.

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Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 16, 2012 a TV debate:
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 a news release:
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
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By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 30, 2012 a TV interview:
 "Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."
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By John Hill • October 9, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 26, 2012 a news release:
"The Doherty Campaign, unlike the Cicilline Campaign, is funded mostly by individual donors -- not the big PACs that Cicilline relies on."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news conference:
"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."
Mostly True
By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release:
David Cicilline was "required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months" until after the November 2010 election.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on May 15, 2012 a campaign website:
"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."
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By Tom Mooney • May 23, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on March 11, 2012 a TV news show.:
"We have $60 billion in 2010 in Medicare fraud."
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By Alex Kuffner • March 20, 2012
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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign flier:
"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."
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By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012
Stephanie DeSilva
Stephanie DeSilva
stated on January 11, 2012 a news release:
"[Mitt] Romney and [Brendan] Doherty certainly have a lot in common, like flip-flopping on abortion -- in Doherty's case, in a little over a week."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2012
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