Fact Check Posts – Page 149

Chain email
stated on December 21, 2012 an email sent to PolitiFact Texas:

Says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.

By Sue Owen • January 11, 2013

James Bennett
stated on January 1, 2013 a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video:

"Our numbers are going up at the airport."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2013

Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2012 a Facebook posting:

"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on December 12, 2012 a speech:

Wisconsin has created "just under 100,000" jobs since he took office.

By James B. Nelson • December 16, 2012

Chain email
stated on November 27, 2012 a chain email.:

Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012

Association of Mature American Citizens
stated on November 10, 2012 a direct mail letter:

"If you and I fail to defund ObamaCare now, some 16,000 new IRS agents will be begin prying into our private medical records, eyeing each and every one of our treatments and prescriptions for "violations’."

By John Hill • December 2, 2012

We the People petition
stated on November 19, 2012 a petition on the White House website:

"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."

By Tom Feran • November 19, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on November 7, 2012 a press conference :

Says "I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney."

By Caryn Shinske • November 11, 2012

People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 a TV commercial:

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on October 24, 2012 a television commercial:

Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 1, 2012

Adam Putnam
stated on October 31, 2012 at a Romney campaign rally:

An Obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to "offer them cell phones."

By Molly Moorhead • October 31, 2012

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

Bill Bradbury
stated on October 22, 2012 a campaign fundraising letter:

"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."

By Janie Har • October 26, 2012

Paul Hirschbiel
stated on September 28, 2012 a TV ad.:

"Virginia papers called (Scott) Rigell’s campaign ‘Mostly False.’"

By Nancy Madsen • October 22, 2012

Rob Zerban
stated on October 4, 2012 a TV ad:

Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."

By Tom Kertscher • October 17, 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

Barack Obama
stated on October 8, 2012 a campaign event outside Speaker John Boehner press conference in Derry, NH:

Says Mitt Romney plans to "fire" Big Bird.

By Maryalice Gill • October 9, 2012

Chain email
stated on September 27, 2012 an email:

Less than 10 percent of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet members have private-sector experience.

By Eric Stirgus • October 8, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 a campaign commercial:

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012

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