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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 30, 2012 a convention speech:
"In Massachusetts, Gov. Romney narrowed the gap between students of different races."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 31, 2012
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican convention:
Says "President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board" sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 the keynote address at the Republican National Convention:
Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 30, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Sherrod Brown voted "for the $1.17 trillion health care law that adds a new tax on Ohio manufacturers."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 30, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
In Massachusetts under Mitt Romney, "unemployment went down, household incomes went up," and the state "saw its credit rating upgraded."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 30, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
"Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Sher Valenzuela
Sher Valenzuela
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
"A Gallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners aren't hiring because of what they call ‘regulatory uncertainty.’"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on August 16, 2012 a post on Riley’s Facebook campaign page:
"President Obama is attacking Paul Ryan on Medicare even though it is his administration with the help of Jim Langevin who cut $716 billion from Medicare."
Half-True
By Tom Mooney • August 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Says "taxes were raised 115 times in the eight years before I became governor" and those increases were part of a "path that led to wealth and jobs and people leaving our state."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Says they said "it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2012 his speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.:
Says our national debt is greater than our gross domestic product.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 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
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 26, 2012 a Tampa Bay Times op-ed:
Republicans included "the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 17, 2012 a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson "wants to give a new $265,000 tax cut to millionaires like himself while raising taxes on the middle class."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 27, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 a campaign stop at The Villages:
The Romney-Ryan plan for Medicare "does not affect" benefits for anyone 55 or older.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video:
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • 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
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 20, 2012 a news conference:
"I haven't raised taxes in the time I've been the governor of New Jersey."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 15, 2012 an interview:
"Under the president's plan, he cuts Medicare by $716 billion, takes that money out of the Medicare trust fund and uses it to pay for Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 20, 2012
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on August 11, 2012 a news release:
"Paul Ryan got his start in politics, as a young staffer just out of college, working for then-Congressman John Kasich’s Budget Committee."
Half-True
By Henry J. Gomez • August 17, 2012
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