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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic convention
Says his budget plan "would cut our deficits by $4 trillion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2012 a campaign email to New Hampshire press Aug. 21
Says under the Romney-Ryan budget ... "the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college tuition would be eliminated."
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • August 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio ad
Says Paul Ryan "tried to change the whole game" for Social Security
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 18, 2012 a speech at Windham High School in New Hampshire
"His new running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • August 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 a campaign commercial
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan "could raise future retirees’ costs more than $6,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 22, 2012 a campaign ad
"Mitt Romney says class sizes don’t matter."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2012 a news release
Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio ad
"In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • August 22, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 a tweet
Says "Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 15, 2012 remarks at a campaign event
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan "want to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign event
Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign ad
"We do know that Romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the IRS as part of the notorious 'Son of Boss' tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "paid only 14 percent in taxes — probably less than you."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney opposes requiring employers to cover contraception and would eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 31, 2012 a TV ad
Says Romney would add "trillions" to the deficit while Obama would "cut the deficit by $4 trillion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2012 a TV ad
Mitt Romney is proposing a tax plan "that would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • August 3, 2012
Barack Obama
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 23, 2012 an advertisement
"Gov. Romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2012
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