Fact Check Posts – Page 158

Mitt Romney
stated on November 21, 2011 a television ad:

Says Barack Obama said, "If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose."

By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2011

Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 a radio interview:

Says that Sen. Sherrod Brown is "out there egging on a lot of these protesters who are spitting on policemen and going to the bathroom on policemen’s cars at these protests on Wall Street and other places."

By Henry J. Gomez • November 18, 2011

Vincent Fort
stated on October 29, 2011 a newspaper column:

"If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it."

By Eric Stirgus • November 8, 2011

New Jersey Republican State Committee
stated on November 3, 2011 a political advertisement:

"Corrupt political bosses. Money laundering. Fraud. It’s just another day at the office for Vin Gopal."

By Caryn Shinske • November 4, 2011

John Kasich
stated on October 31, 2011 a campaign speech:

"They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles."

By Joe Guillen • November 3, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on October 31, 2011 an interview on "PBS Newshour":

China is "trying to develop nuclear capability."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 2, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:

"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."

By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011

Chain email
stated on October 25, 2011 a chain e-mail:

Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space."

By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate:

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was right that President Barack Obama’s health care bill created what "would, in effect, be death panels."

By Willoughby Mariano • October 28, 2011

Chain email
stated on September 24, 2011 a chain e-mail:

Medicare monthly premiums will go up to $104.20 in 2012 and $247.00 in 2014 due to "provisions incorporated in the Obamacare legislation, purposely delayed so as not to 'confuse' the 2012 re-election campaigns."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 27, 2011

Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post:

Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011

Chris Christie
stated on October 19, 2011 a radio interview:

Says the national heath care reform is "a government takeover of health care."

By Bill Wichert • October 23, 2011

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 13, 2011 a web ad.:

The stimulus created "zero jobs."

By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2011

Fred Karger
stated on October 15, 2011 an interview with The Guardian:

"If a President Romney got a call from the president of the (Mormon church), he has no choice but to obey. It is obedience over family and country."

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2011

Ward Armstrong
stated on September 27, 2011 in TV ads.:

Appalachian Power Company is making "record profits."

By Warren Fiske • October 14, 2011

Jon Huntsman
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:

"The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama’s health care mandate.

By Maryalice Gill • October 13, 2011

Critics of water fluoridation
stated on October 4, 2011 a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments:

Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.

By Becky Bowers • October 6, 2011

Tommy Thompson
stated on September 12, 2011 an interview:

Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin "has endorsed" him for U.S. Senate.

By Tom Kertscher • September 26, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:

Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2011

Democratic Governors Association
stated on September 14, 2011 an online ad:

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "is denying Democrats the right to vote."

By Tom Kertscher • September 25, 2011

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