Attack ad -re:"withholding funding for troops" targeting Tammy Baldwin is MOSTLY FALSE--

It is going to a LONG year and half for Tammy--and all of us.




Mostly False
Restoration PAC
Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."

— Restoration PAC on Tuesday, March 21st, 2017 in a video

Early attack ad says Tammy Baldwin backed letting citizens 'withhold funding' from troops

By Tom Kertscher on Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 at 5:00 a.m.



More than a year and a half before she faces re-election for a second term, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin was hit with a super PAC ad that attacks her on military funding and dealing with the threat of terrorism from Iran.

The video from Restoration PAC, posted March 21, 2017, makes a series of attacks. We’ll check its first one, which comes after a photograph of the Wisconsin Democrat appears on the screen.

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Restoration PAC says Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."

Baldwin on four occasions, most recently in 2009, cosponsored a bill that would have allowed conscientious objectors to direct the federal government not to use their income taxes and other tax payments for any military purpose.

But the bill would not have restricted Congress’ ability to allocate money to the military; even the organization pushing the legislation acknowledges it would not reduce military funding; and experts agree it is a symbolic measure that would not result in funding being withheld from troops.

For a statement that contains an element of truth but leaves out important details, our rating is Mostly False.
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