Good morning from Augusta. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine’s 2nd District and Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden squabbled in their first debate early this month over who was the biggest liar and that fight has sustained itself on the airwaves.
Outright lies exist in politics, but we’d caution you that the most common messaging tactics in heated races are exaggerations, stretches and context-free half-truths. That’s largely what is going on here. We thought it would be helpful to break down some of these claims being levied by Poliquin, a Republican, and Golden, a Democrat, today.
To read the rest of “On truth and ‘lies’ in Maine’s heated 2nd District race,” an article by contributing Bangor Daily News staff writer Michael Shepherd, please follow this link to the BDN online.
