The WaPo checks the “facts” on display at that Republican dog-and-pony show in California last night.

Separately, I remain appalled at the applause the members of that audience gave to Governor Perry when Brian Williams asked him about the 234 people who have been executed in his state during his terms in office. What kind of people live in Simi Valley? They’re the same bunch from whom the jury was selected which acquitted three of the four cops who beat Rodney King back in 1991.