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Tagg Romney: ‘Take a swing at’ Obama

FlackCheck.org features comments by Gov. Mitt Romney’s son Tagg in response to an interviewer’s mistaken assertion about what President Obama said in the second presidential debate.

Vice President Biden: “Bullets are aimed at you”

FlackCheck.org flags Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks regarding Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) at a campaign event on October 18, 2012.

GOP strategist Roger Stone: ‘Republican blood will run’

FlackCheck.org flags a forecast from Republican consultant Roger Stone, adviser to Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson.

Karl Rove: ‘Sink…murdered’

FlackCheck.org flags statements by Republican strategist Karl Rove about Rep. Todd Akin (R., Mo.).

Judge Tom Head said WHAT?!: ‘civil war…get rid of the dictator’

FlackCheck.org points to conjecture by Lubbock County, Texas Judge Tom Head about what could happen if President Obama is re-elected.

A Democratic strategist: ‘Kill Romney’

FlackCheck.org flags statements from a Democratic strategist regarding the Obama campaign’s options in the general election.

They did WHAT?!: ‘Fake Outhouse’

FlackCheck.org flags a fake outhouse that appeared outside of the Montana GOP convention.

Rudy Giuliani: ‘It was a shot in the ???’

FlackCheck.org flags uncivil language from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani toward President Obama.

Ron Gould: ‘Straight shooter’

FlackCheck.org looks at an ad from Arizona state Sen. Ron Gould, a Republican candidate for the U.S. House, that shows him firing a gun at a copy of the federal health care law.