No, Barney Frank didn't vote against Massa resolution

Conservative commentators don't let facts get in the way of a jab at openly gay Democratic lawmaker Barney Frank.

On yesterday's edition of Fox Business Network's America's Nightly Scoreboard, guest host Tobin Smith discussed a 402-1 vote in favor of a motion to refer a resolution calling for an investigation of former Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) to the House ethics committee. Fox News contributor Monica Crowley said of the vote: “I want to know who the one member of Congress was that voted against” this. Smith replied, “I'm thinking Barney Frank, but maybe that's just me.” Crowley responded, “Good one, Toby, good one.”

Haha, get it? After you've picked yourself off the floor from laughing, here's an actual fact no one would know after watching Scoreboard: Barney Frank voted aye. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D - PA) was the sole no vote, telling the Atlantic that “it was another distraction from the major issues of the day.”

Frank, of course, is a favorite target of tired conservative jabs and attacks, which are frequently marked with falsehoods.