Fact Check Posts – Politifact

People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 a TV commercial

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on October 24, 2012 a television commercial

Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 1, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on October 29, 2012 a television ad

Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.

By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on October 10, 2012 a campaign ad

"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."

By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2012

Bill Bradbury
stated on October 22, 2012 a campaign fundraising letter

"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."

By Janie Har • October 26, 2012

Paul Hirschbiel
stated on September 28, 2012 a TV ad.

"Virginia papers called (Scott) Rigell’s campaign ‘Mostly False.’"

By Nancy Madsen • October 22, 2012

Rob Zerban
stated on October 4, 2012 a TV ad

Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."

October 17, 2012

Chain email
stated on September 27, 2012 an email

Less than 10 percent of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet members have private-sector experience.

By Eric Stirgus • October 8, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 a campaign commercial

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012

Workers' Voice
stated on September 17, 2012 a mailer

Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs.

By Becky Bowers • October 1, 2012

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 10, 2012 a campaign commercial

Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare."

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012

Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper ad

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force courts to accept Islamic Sharia law in domestic disputes."

By Jon Greenberg • September 26, 2012

Yes on 79
stated on August 20, 2012 a state voters' pamphlet argument

Says "One of the state’s largest governments made charging this tax one of their top priorities just this year."

By Janie Har • September 25, 2012

Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 21, 2012 a mailer to voters

Says Obama sent $450 million to China to build a wind farm in Texas.

By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2012

Workers' Voice
stated on August 8, 2012 an online ad

Says Josh Mandel bet against Ohio families

By Stephen Koff • August 14, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a television ad

Sherrod Brown "sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries."

By Tom Feran • August 13, 2012

Heather Fiorentino
stated on August 7, 2012 a campaign mailer

As Florida secretary of state, Kurt Browning "allowed 1,800 illegal voters to register in Florida."

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • August 9, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on August 6, 2012 a campaign ad

"Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."

By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012

We Are Milwaukee
stated on July 30, 2012 a campaign flyer

Says "millions of dollars in tax breaks" were paid for "by busting unions, cutting BadgerCare, and raising taxes on the poor and the middle class, thanks to Elizabeth Coggs' help."

July 31, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2012 a TV ad

Says Mitt Romney "backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest."

By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2012

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