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Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a television ad
Says Mitt Romney once supported President Obama’s health care plan but now opposes it.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 29, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on supporting "the president's Recovery Act."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington
"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 remarks at a campaign stop October 1, 2011, in New Hampshire
"I have sent over $400 million to the border of Mexico in the form of Texas Ranger recon teams."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on November 20, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 a tweet
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on November 10, 2011 a TV ad
Stimulus money went to "office upgrades for politicians."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 19, 2011
John Stemberger
John Stemberger
stated on October 20, 2011 a website
The largest number of gamblers are "from the poorest segments of the population."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 18, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a television ad
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 14, 2011 an interview at Facebook headquarters
Says 23 percent of ninth graders in Newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and "we spend $100,000 on their education in those four years, more than is spent on any other set of students in the United States."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 17, 2011
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 a TV ad
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview
The federal "limousine fleet has increased by 42 percent since Barack Obama took office."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 13, 2011
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on November 4, 2011 an email newsletter
Says the Treasury Department "says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires’] surtax" that "would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 29, 2011 a campaign video.
President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 10, 2011
Frank Ortis
Frank Ortis
stated on November 5, 2011 a meeting
The city of Pembroke Pines doesn't have a vote in a plan to build a detention center in Southwest Ranches.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 10, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 1, 2011 a campaign news release
A bill supported by Gov. Scott Walker makes it "so that drunk drivers who kill have an easier time of it."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 10, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2011 tweet and blogs
Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 a speech in Manchester, N.H.
"We spend half a trillion dollars a year in tax preparation."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2011
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
stated on October 30, 2011 a video posted on YouTube
"You’re paying for...(state Sen. Diane Allen’s) health care, and she took yours away."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • November 7, 2011
Paul Valletta
Paul Valletta
stated on October 27, 2011 testimony at a General Assembly pension hearing
Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo "raised the mortality rate from 65 to 87" and "used a 1994 annuity chart" to create the pension crisis.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 6, 2011
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