McMahon press aide Shawn McCoy dashed off a tweet last week about Rob Simmons' stance on the Bush business and dividend taxes.
The Simmons' camp cried foul, saying McCoy was misrepresenting the former congressman's views. FactCheck.org, a respected and non-partisan group that monitors the factually accuracy of political speech, agrees.
To bolster his claim, McCoy cited Simmons' criticism of millions of dollars in film and television tax credits that World Wrestling Entertainment received while McMahon was CEO.
"Simmons' campaign called the credits McMahon's "own personal stimulus package." But the Simmons camp said its issue wasn't with the tax credits themselves. Instead, it criticized McMahon for campaigning against government "bailouts" while her former company was receiving millions in taxpayer dollars,'' FactCheck states.
It's the second time the McMahon campaign has been slapped by FactCheck for misrepresenting Simmons' record.