One of Roy Blunt’s latest press release explains how his opponent, Robin Carnahan, is “making hypocritical acts by appealing to donations from lobbyists in Washington.” According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Carnahan has gone to great lengths to slam Blunt’s connections with lobbyists. However, on September 21st, Carnahan held a “$2,500 per plate fundraiser at Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a lobbying firm in Washington D.C.” Thus, Carnahan is attempting to bash Blunt for his lobbyist connections yet is holding a dinner with lobbyists herself! Clearly Blunt’s latest attack of Carnahan is truthful.
In one of Blunt’s newest advertisements, he attacks Carnahan for “supporting the largest increase in income tax in history.” When looking into this statement, it does not seem to be accurate. According to Politifact, the Democrats are not planning on letting all the Bush tax cuts expire; they are only looking at letting tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans expire. These are the people making $250,000 or more a year. However, even if all of the Bush tax cuts expired, it would still not represent the largest tax raise in history. If they all expired, it would result in about 2.2% of GDP. This would be smaller than the Revenue Act of 1942 which is estimated at 5.04% of GDP. Clearly this statement by Blunt is not truthful. The watchdogs will leave no lie uncovered!
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