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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver
Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate in Denver
Because of Obamacare, "over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- it's true -- but they've gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years."
False
By J.B. Wogan • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate in Denver
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate
Obama says he’s "put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2012 a television ad
Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • October 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes"
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes"
"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview on Univision
"Fast and Furious" began under the Bush administration.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2012 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 13, 2012 a campaign ad
"Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 11, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Romney and Ryan "both backed proposals that would outlaw abortions even in cases of rape or incest."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 12, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 10, 2012 a Facebook post
Says that under Mitt Romney, 89 million Americans could be denied coverage if they have a pre-existing condition.
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2012 a speech in Seminole, Fla.
"We've doubled our use of renewable energy."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Mitt Romney "said it was 'tragic' to end the war in Iraq."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a convention speech
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 7, 2012
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