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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 30, 2011 a house party in New Hampshire:
"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 6, 2011 a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.:
"Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 16, 2011 an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph:
"We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • December 8, 2011
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on December 1, 2011 a news release:
Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.' "
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • December 7, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference:
"The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because … twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference:
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on November 16, 2011 a television commercial:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "voted to block American energy production and increase energy taxes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • December 6, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate.:
Says the Department of Defense changed its definitions of al-Qaeda and the Taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2011
Oregon Transformation Project
Oregon Transformation Project
stated on November 15, 2011 online post:
Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 2, 2011
Media Trackers
Media Trackers
stated on November 17, 2011 an article:
Says signers of recall petitions against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are at risk because of newly "discovered" provisions in state law.  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 1, 2011
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 18, 2011 a news conference:
"At a minimum, 40 percent of those who view child pornography end up molesting children as a result." 
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • November 30, 2011
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
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