Cong, Jeff Flake travels the world at taxpayer expense…fack check info.

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“Jeff Flake Travels the World at Taxpayers’ Expense” Fact Check

Recently, you may have seen Congressman Flake’s attempt to call Wil Cardon’s latest TV ad inaccurate. This is yet another effort by Flake to hide behind baseless accusations – exactly what you would expect from a career politician. Below is the exact script of Cardon’s “Jeff Flake Travels the World at Taxpayers’ Expense” ad and the attribution for each claim. Please read it and click on the links to the sources. You’ll find that this is ad is nothing short of 100 percent accurate. While Flake clearly hates the truth, it’s abundantly clear that his tens of thousands of miles of travel have involved spending taxpayer dollars and taking special interest money.

TV AD SCRIPT & SOURCES:

WC: I’m Wil Cardon and I approve this message

VO: Career politician Jeff Flake berates colleagues for wasting taxpayer money

Source: Flake Not So Frugal With Travel, By Diana Marrero, April 12, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/12/20080412travel0412.html

Yet Flake travels the world on the taxpayer’s dime

Source: Congressional travel reimbursement forms as aggregated by LegiStorm Website, www.legistorm.com/, Accessed 9/20/11)

More than any Arizona Congressman

Source: Flake Not So Frugal With Travel, By Diana Marrero, April 12, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/12/20080412travel0412.html

European vacation spots, exotic locales

Source: Flake Not So Frugal With Travel, By Diana Marrero, April 12, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/12/20080412travel0412.html

Over 40 countries: Italy, Brazil, Fiji, New Zealand

Source: Congressional travel reimbursement forms as aggregated by LegiStorm Website, www.legistorm.com/, Accessed 9/20/11)

On cushy government jets costing up to 10,000 dollars an hour

Source: Flake Not So Frugal With Travel, By Diana Marrero, April 12, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/12/20080412travel0412.html

Special interests spent $92,000 more on Flake trips including Paris, Palm Beach

Source: Congressional travel reimbursement forms as aggregated by LegiStorm Website, www.legistorm.com/, Accessed 9/20/11)

Jeff Flake, career politician we can’t trust

Countries Congressman Flake has traveled to at the taxpayers’ expense (The Breakdown)

Source: Congressional travel reimbursement forms as aggregated by LegiStorm Website, www.legistorm.com/, Accessed 9/20/11)

Countries Congressman Flake has traveled to on special interests’ dime (The Breakdown)

Source: Congressional travel reimbursement forms as aggregated by LegiStorm Website, www.legistorm.com/, Accessed 9/20/11)

Sincerely,

Michael Leavitt
Campaign Manager

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