Republican speakers got some facts wrong in Wednesday night’s speeches at the Republican National Convention, according to the nonpartisan FactCheck.org.
The biggest substantive error came from Palin, who claimed that she told Congress “thanks but no thanks” to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. In fact, she initially favored the bridge when she was a candidate for governor. Congress had already removed the specific earmark for the bridge long before Palin as governor decided to kill the project. FactCheck said her claim to be a crusader against earmarks doesn’t hold water, as she fought for funds for local projects that her running mate, John McCain, had explicitly condemned.
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