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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says President Barack Obama is responsible for pending defense cuts.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 a speech:
Says Barack Obama's comments indicate he "believes in redistribution" of wealth.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 13, 2012 in a TV ad:
 "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 19, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on September 6, 2012 an op-ed in 'The Hill':
"President Obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 17, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Under Obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • September 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a private campaign fundraiser:
Says President Obama promised "he'd keep unemployment below 8 percent" if the stimulus passed.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 9, 2012 a Meet the Press interview:
Says five studies show his tax plan can cut rates and still bring the same revenue without raising taxes on the middle class.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 7, 2012 a campaign ad:
Under Obama, home values in Florida collapsed, construction jobs were lost and the state had a high foreclosure rate.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 14, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 7, 2012 a Twitter post:
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent for 43 consecutive months, the longest stretch since the Great Depression.
True
By Eric Stirgus • September 14, 2012
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on September 7, 2012 an interview on NJToday:
"The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 13, 2012
Reid Ribble
Reid Ribble
stated on August 30, 2012 an interview:
Says President Barack Obama "built this $16 trillion debt."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 5, 2012 a "Face the Nation" interview:
Ohio has "created 45,000 new manufacturing jobs since 2010. And that's due in large part to the fact that the auto rescue has helped Ohio."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on August 23, 2012 a town hall meeting in Merrimack, N.H.:
"Under President Bush in eight years, we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. Under President Obama, we've added $5.3 trillion to the debt in the 3.5 years he's been in office."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • September 5, 2012
Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr.
stated on September 2, 2012 a concert in Fort Worth.:
Says Barack Obama is a Muslim.  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2012
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech:
Says opponents of the health care law  "prevailed on our two main arguments" to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Under the "Obama economy ... utility bills are higher."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 21, 2012 a Facebook post.:
Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II. 
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
In his first TV interview as president, Obama said we "should talk to Iran."
True
By Katie Sanders • August 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2012
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