Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on November 2, 2012 in in a TV ad:
"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 5, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin supports a "tax increase that President Obama says" would cost middle-class families $3,000 per year.  
Mostly False
October 24, 2012
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 1, 2012 in a television ad:
"Women who have miscarriages could be investigated by police" under legislation supported by Republican state Senate candidate Rick Gudex.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 22, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on October 9, 2012 in a television ad:
"Sherrod Brown supported President Obama's $453 billion tax increase."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 18, 2012
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
stated on September 21, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Adam Hasner "gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2012 in a campaign ad:
As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 15, 2012
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
stated on October 5, 2012 in a TV commercial:
"By voting to approve [Question 1], we can . . . save 900 jobs" at Twin River.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2012
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats)
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats)
stated on September 20, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Newgard owed more than $13,000 for unpaid taxes on his $1 million Milwaukie apartment complex."
Mostly False
By Dana Tims • October 11, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 8, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney wants to "take away early childhood education, slash K-12 funding, and cut college aid … to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 10, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • October 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 25, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Bill Nelson "cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 9, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 in a TV ad:
"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 9, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 28, 2012 in a mailer to voters:
The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on September 17, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Daniel Webster "used taxpayer funds to build a lobbyist lounge."
Mostly False
September 28, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper ad:
"Barack Hussein Obama will .. force Christian organizations to pay for abortions."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 in a Spanish-language television ad:
College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 24, 2012
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