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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

Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate

Says Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 remarks in Atlanta

"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa

Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 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

Mitt Romney
stated on March 12, 2012 a campaign memo

President Barack Obama is "ending Medicare as we know it."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2012 a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee

Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2012 a rally in Cleveland, Ohio

Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."

By Molly Moorhead • March 5, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

"We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on November 21, 2011 a television ad

Says Barack Obama said, "If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose."

By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 a debate in Orlando, Fla.

President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on September 5, 2011 a Republican candidates' forum in South Carolina

The Massachusetts health care plan "dealt with 8 percent of our population," far less than the "100 percent of American people" affected by President Barack Obama’s health care law.

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa

"We're inches away from no longer having a free economy."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential campaign

"A few months into office, (President Barack Obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for America."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential campaign

"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2011 a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.

President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."

By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.

"I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."

By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • January 6, 2008

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