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April 27, 2012

Is 'Big Oil' Backing Romney?

D'Angelo Gore, FactCheck.Org


AP

A pro-Obama TV ad says that “big oil” pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry’s “$200 million man.” But that’s a pretty slippery claim. The fact is that there is no evidence that truly big oil companies like BP, Exxon Mobil Corp. . .

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