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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall debate
"George Bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2012
Linda McMahon
Linda McMahon
stated on October 11, 2012 a campaign ad
As a Member of Congress, Chris Murphy "was raking in $1 million in salary."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 town hall presidential debate
"Regulations have quadrupled. The rate of regulations quadrupled under this president."
False
By J.B. Wogan • October 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says his administration put more border patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border than at "any time in history, and the flow of undocumented workers across the border is actually lower than it's been in 40 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney suggested that "employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."
True
By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney refused to say whether he'd sign the Lilly Ledbetter bill.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town-hall debate in Long Island, N.Y.
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"
True
By Stephen Koff, Molly Moorhead • 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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.
Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says six studies verify that the math adds up for Mitt Romney’s tax plan.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2012 a campaign ad
As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 15, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2012 an email to supporters
Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations."
Mostly False
By J.B. Wogan • October 12, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 a debate in Danville, Ky.
"There's not one Democrat who endorses" the Romney-Ryan Medicare plan.
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2012
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