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Latest Fact-Checks On Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 debate comments
Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says President Obama waited two weeks to call the attack in Libya "terror."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
"Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Obama broke his promise to offer a comprehensive immigration bill in his first year.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2012 a campaign ad
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
False
By Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver
"Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver
Massachusetts schools "are ranked No. 1 of all 50 states."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate
Says Obama promised to cut the deficit in half.
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate
Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate
"On Medicare for current retirees, he's cutting $716 billion from the program."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 a Spanish-language television ad
College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 a campaign ad
Says President Barack Obama is responsible for pending defense cuts.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 a speech
Says Barack Obama's comments indicate he "believes in redistribution" of wealth.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 remarks in Atlanta
"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 13, 2012 in a TV ad
 "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 19, 2012
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