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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate:
Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2012 in a speech in Seminole, Fla.:
"We've doubled our use of renewable energy."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio ad:
"In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • August 22, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 in a fundraising email:
Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 in the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled":
Because of the new health care law, "17 million kids can no longer be denied for a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 6, 2011 in a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.:
"Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall in New Hampshire:
Said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso:
"The (border) fence is now basically complete."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 16, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 in a press conference:
If there’s a government shutdown, "people don’t get their Social Security checks."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in his State of the Union address:
"Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 31, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2010 in a speech on Labor Day:
John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 16, 2010 in a speech at a campaign fund-raiser for Tom Barrett's gubernatorial campaign:
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "has held the line on property taxes."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 18, 2010 in a response to a question during an appearance in Columbus, Ohio.:
Republicans "don't think it's a good idea" to make the child care tax credit "stronger."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • August 27, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2010 in his weekly address:
"Some Republican leaders in Congress" are "pushing to make privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in Congress this fall."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • August 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2010 in an interview on CBS:
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2010
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