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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a speech in Las Vegas, Nev.:
"President Obama is shrinking our military."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 30, 2012 email to MoveOn.org members:
"Private prisons do not chase escaped inmates past the perimeter like the public prisons do, which means more escaped prisoners in our communities."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 7, 2012
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
stated on January 18, 2012 a letter:
In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
Half-True
By Janie Har • February 7, 2012
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on January 26, 2012 an article posted on One New Jersey’s website:
Says New Jersey is "down nearly 200,000 jobs from its pre-recession peak" and with Gov. Chris Christie "New Jersey has trailed the rest of America when it comes to unemployment" for 12 consecutive months.
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • February 7, 2012
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on February 1, 2012 a Democratic Party radio address:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (Wisconsin’s) technical colleges."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 5, 2012
Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo
stated on January 30, 2012 opening remarks at a Senate committee hearing:
Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposal to reduce state income taxes "would be the second tax cut for the rich by the governor in two years."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 5, 2012
Joseph Trillo
Joseph Trillo
stated on January 20, 2012 a debate:
"We got [the Quonset Business Park] for free and we’re getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers … other than the fact that it produces the jobs."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • February 3, 2012
Joe Pennacchio
Joe Pennacchio
stated on January 30, 2012 a news release:
Says Pennsylvania charges a top income tax rate of 3 percent and Delaware "has no state income tax at all."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 2, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on January 25, 2012 a press statement:
"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on January 25, 2012 a press statement:
Since President Barack Obama took office, "2 million more Americans are out of work."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina:
Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 31, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 25, 2012 a congressional hearing:
"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 31, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on January 17, 2012 a YouTube video:
"Sheldon Whitehouse's failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful..."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 31, 2012
Committee for Our Children's Future
Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on January 25, 2012 a video ad posted on YouTube:
Says with "Gov. Chris Christie and bipartisan reformers" New Jersey had "the most job growth in 11 years."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • January 30, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 3, 2012 a television ad:
"We wiped out a $3.6 billion deficit without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 26, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:
"I've never voted for a Democrat when there was a Republican on the ballot."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 19, 2012 the State of the City address:
"We have cut crime across every single zone in the city of Atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign commercial:
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 24, 2012 a prepared statement:
Says Mitt Romney "was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse" Marco Rubio.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 comments to reporters in Tampa, Fla.:
"(Newt Gingrich) voted in favor of establishing the Department of Education, and yet he gets in a debate and says we should get rid of the Department of Education and send all the education issues back to the states."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 25, 2012
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