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Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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