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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a private campaign fundraiser
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a private campaign fundraiser
Says President Obama promised "he'd keep unemployment below 8 percent" if the stimulus passed.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 12, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 10, 2012 a Facebook post
Says that under Mitt Romney, 89 million Americans could be denied coverage if they have a pre-existing condition.
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 14, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 9, 2012 a Meet the Press interview
Says five studies show his tax plan can cut rates and still bring the same revenue without raising taxes on the middle class.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 7, 2012 a campaign ad
Under Obama, home values in Florida collapsed, construction jobs were lost and the state had a high foreclosure rate.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 14, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 an appearance on 'This Week.'
Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 28, 2012 a chain email
On new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2012 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 September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a convention speech
The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements "only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent."
True
By Molly Moorhead • September 10, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a convention speech
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic convention
Says his budget plan "would cut our deficits by $4 trillion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic convention
Says that Mitt Romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "Let Detroit go bankrupt."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 7, 2012
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on September 2, 2012 an appearance on Meet the Press
Says Mitt Romney asked for a waiver from federal welfare rules.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 6, 2012
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 5, 2012 a "Face the Nation" interview
Ohio has "created 45,000 new manufacturing jobs since 2010. And that's due in large part to the fact that the auto rescue has helped Ohio."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2012
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