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John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on July 8, 2012 a Tweet
"Unemployment rate dropped in every state that elected a Republican gov. in 2010"
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By Louis Jacobson, Tom Mooney • July 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 18, 2012 a speech
"The median income in America has dropped by 10 percent in the last four years."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 27, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on June 12, 2012 an online blog post
Obama has "racked up more debt than any president in history — over $5 trillion."
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By Tom Feran • June 27, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on June 13, 2012 a TV ad.
"As Virginia lost over 65,000 jobs, (Tim) Kaine put partisan ambitions first" by serving as DNC chairman during the last year of his governorship.
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By Sean Gorman • June 22, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 campaign ad “We’ve heard it all before,” airing in New Hampshire and around the U.S
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.  
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • June 14, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 8, 2012 a campaign ad
As governor of Massachusetts, "Romney reduced unemployment to just 4.7 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview
"Minnesota has passed and Indiana has passed" right to work laws making union membership and dues optional
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 a television ad
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2012
Eric Fehrnstrom
Eric Fehrnstrom
stated on June 3, 2012 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Massachusetts under Gov. Mitt Romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, "we were in the middle of the pack."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on June 3, 2012 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Under Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts ranked "47th in job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2012 a debate
The federal government "reviewed and verified" his administration’s numbers showing Wisconsin added 23,608 jobs in 2011.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 1, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2012 a debate
Says Tom Barrett plans "to spend $100 million on a trolley that goes barely two miles on the east side of Milwaukee."
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June 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 4, 2012 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 jobs, the total from April 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2012
stated on April 26, 2012 a tweet
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."
Half-True
May 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 24, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
In the "Obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all Americans."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2012 a speech in Elyria, Ohio
Under Republican economic policies, "the typical American family saw their incomes fall by about 6 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2012
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on April 22, 2012 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"One out of two Americans … are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign speech
"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 22, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 9, 2012 a television ad
"Together we added more jobs than any other area" while I was Dane County executive.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 13, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 29, 2012 a television ad
Says "unemployment tripled" in Dane County due to Kathleen Falk’s tax policies
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 12, 2012
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