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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 a town hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.:
During his first year, President Obama said he "was going to visit Kim Jong-ll and Ahmadinejad and Assad and Chavez – the worst actors in the world."
Mostly False
By Josh Rogers • July 20, 2011
Craig Miller
Craig Miller
stated on July 12, 2011 a campaign launch message on his website:
"I've created over 40,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2011
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst
stated on June 15, 2011 House floor remarks.:
Says $500 billion in Medicare cuts are coming.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference:
"The clear majority of Republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on June 23, 2011 a newsletter.:
Under Ryan plan, "those 54 and younger would receive the same kind of healthcare options now enjoyed by members of Congress."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Wes Hester • July 15, 2011
Ralph Long
Ralph Long
stated on July 6, 2011 a press conference:
"The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Education’s oversight of the superintendent."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 13, 2011
Steve Oroho
Steve Oroho
stated on June 29, 2011 a press release from Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex):
Because of Democratic tax hikes, New Jersey ended a decade with fewer private sector jobs for the first time in recorded history.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 12, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 23, 2011 an interview on New Jersey 101.5 FM:
Says the average government worker won't be impacted in the first two years under the reform of state health benefits.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 27, 2011 a television interview:
Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has "exactly the same" challenges as Ronald Reagan’s successful 1980 bid.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 8, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on June 25, 2011 an op-ed.:
"Under Gov. Rick Perry’s leadership [Texas] has created more jobs over the last decade than the rest of the states combined."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • July 6, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 16, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business Channel:
A year since the "Recovery Summer," there has been been "a fall, winter and spring of no recovery."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 5, 2011
Charles Perry
Charles Perry
stated on June 24, 2011 a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says $6 billion projected to accumulate in the state’s rainy day fund is already used.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 4, 2011
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
stated on June 1, 2011 A highway billboard:
"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"
Mostly False
By Richard Salit • July 3, 2011
Renewable Fuels Association
Renewable Fuels Association
stated on June 22, 2011 an advertisement in Washington, D.C., Metro stations:
Ethanol reduced gas prices by 89 cents per gallon in 2010, and if ethanol disappeared, gas prices could rise by as much as 92 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2011 a speech in Los Angeles:
Says President Barack Obama’s overturning of the Mexico City Policy means federal tax dollars can be used "to fund abortion all over the world."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 1, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 24, 2011 a press conference:
"The American people don't want us to raise taxes."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2011
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"We do not want to raise anybody's tax rates. That's never been on the table."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 8, 2011 a news release:
"Rep. Jim Renacci’s plan to end Medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 28, 2011
Al Roker
Al Roker
stated on June 16, 2011 a broadcast:
"(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 28, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on June 15, 2011 an interview on ABC's "Top Line":
"Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 28, 2011
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