Eight PA-01 campaign claims, checked
Eight claims in the PA-01 race, fact-checked. The ones at the center of Fitzpatrick's most-run ads do not survive it.
It found no evidence Bob Harvie is or ever was the subject of an FBI investigation, which is the spine of the Fitzpatrick campaign's most prominent attack ad. The Falls Township probe behind that claim is over, the statute of limitations has run, and Harvie's grand jury appearance was as a witness. His lawyers have sued the super PAC behind similar ads for defamation.
A quote that has Harvie calling himself a king traces to a self-published Patch post by a Fitzpatrick associate, with no sourcing. And the ad claiming Harvie cast the “lone vote” to cut police funding is misleading: he voted against one $43,000 equipment purchase in 2024, then voted for other sheriff's department requests, including about $31,000 for a deputy vehicle and $44,000 for an interceptor.
Read it in full at the link below.
Source: USA TODAY (Bucks County Courier Times fact-check, original at phillyburbs.com)
Photo: James Buckley
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