Erik Paulsen Doubles Down on False Claims in MPR Debate

Paulsen repeats already-debunked lies and comes up with new ones, too

EXCELSIOR, MN – Throughout the course of today’s Third District Congressional debate between businessman Dean Phillips and Congressman Erik Paulsen, Paulsen doubled-down on claims that are verifiably false, repeatedly standing by the negativity and dishonest attacks that have defined his campaign – and even adding new false claims to the mix.

Phillips, by contrast, offered voters a new way forward, pointing to his more than 65,000 individual contributors, 1,500 volunteers and supporters from across the political spectrum, all working together to end the culture of corruption in Washington and restore decency and truth to our political discourse.

Here are just some of the falsehoods uttered by Erik Paulsen in the hour-long debate:

Q. What difference does it make whether or not Phillips provided healthcare to his employees?

PAULSEN: “It’s an area where Dean has been a hypocrite. It’s been fact-checked by WCCO and Kare 11. He said healthcare is a moral right but didn’t provide it. It was a lie. That was fact checked. We’re pointing that out.”

THE TRUTH: KARE11 and WCCO did fact-check Paulsen’s claims that Phillips doesn’t provide healthcare to his full-time employees. And both networks said those claims were FALSE.

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