Brokaw's Bad Memory or Historical Revisionism? Claims GOP Was Thrown Out of House After '95 Shutdown

Geoffrey | March 3, 2011
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On Thursday's Today show NBC's Tom Brokaw, warned Republicans risked political peril if there was another government shutdown, and went on to claim that after the 1995 shutdown the GOP was "turned out" of the House "not too long after that." However that historic budget fight wasn't as politically lethal as Brokaw made it out to viewers, as the Republicans maintained control of the House until 2006.