Debate Analysis: Seven New Claims—True or False Quiz

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The Foundry:

 

The second presidential debate was full of claims about the economy, taxes, and regulation. Many of the top 10 true and false claims made during the first debate were repeated during the second. But there were also new claims warranting a closer look. We’ve selected seven new claims in this true/false quiz for you. See which ones you can guess right:

 

1. General Motors and Chrysler did go bankrupt.

 

Governor Mitt Romney: “And one thing that the President said, which I want to make sure that we understand, he said that I said we should take Detroit bankrupt.… Well, the President took Detroit bankrupt. You took General Motors bankrupt. You took Chrysler bankrupt.”

True. GM and Chrysler did go bankrupt, and the Obama Administration nationalized the firms. The federal government continues to own a quarter of the shares of GM, and taxpayers are some $25 billion in the hole.

 

2. Regulation skyrocketed under President Obama.