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Bill Zedler
Bill Zedler
stated on July 17, 2012 a Twitter post.:
"While (Barack) Obama preaches ‘we are our brother’s keeper,’ his brother and aunt live in real poverty in Kenya."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 14, 2012 an Americans for Prosperity attack ad:
Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 12, 2012 an interview on "60 Minutes":
Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on August 6, 2012 an op-ed.:
The Obama administration is "unwinding our nation’s welfare-to-work requirements."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 13, 2012
American Principles in Action
American Principles in Action
stated on August 7, 2012 an advertisement:
Says Barack Obama "has deported more people than any other president in this country's history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
"In June, jobless ranks were higher in nearly 90 percent of U.S. cities."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 6, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Obama "refuses to recognize Jerusalem" as the capital of Israel.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
"As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Chuck Fleischmann
Chuck Fleischmann
stated on July 17, 2012 in a blog post on his campaign website.:
Says that President Obama said that "Small Businesses Succeed Because of Government."
False
By Michael Collins • August 6, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on July 29, 2012 an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
"The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 3, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on July 13, 2012 an ad:
President Obama has "added $4 billion in debt every day."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 1, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” :
"The president's first major foreign policy speech in Cairo was to apologize for our country."
False
By Maryalice Gill • July 31, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on July 5, 2012 a Facebook post:
"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 an op-ed piece:
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
Wes Riddle
Wes Riddle
stated on May 16, 2012 a Facebook post:
Says U.S. is giving seven Alaskan islands to Russia.
False
By Sue Owen • July 27, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 17, 2012 a Republican US Senate debate.:
Says he has seen Border Patrol signs near the Mexico border in English, Spanish and Chinese.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 25, 2012 an introduction to a web video:
President Obama was saying success "is the result of government," not "hard-working people," when he said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on July 10, 2012 an interview:
"Obamacare" is the "biggest tax increase in American history."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 10, 2012 a chain e-mail:
Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • July 25, 2012
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