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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 a Fox News interview:
"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."
False
By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012
Artur Davis
Artur Davis
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
The health care law imposes a federal mandate requiring middle-class Americans to buy health insurance "whether they can afford it or not."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
There has been "$5 trillion in debt added over the last four years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 a convention speech:
Says President Obama has waived "the work requirement for welfare."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • August 29, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 26, 2012 a TV interview:
Mitt Romney "gave away his father's inheritance."
True
By Becky Bowers • August 27, 2012
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 22, 2012 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2012
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 26, 2012 a Tampa Bay Times op-ed:
Republicans included "the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 26, 2012 a campaign ad:
"In 2008, candidate Barack Obama attacked John McCain for proposing cuts to Medicare."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 26, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video:
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan "could raise future retirees’ costs more than $6,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 22, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Mitt Romney says class sizes don’t matter."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 23, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a web video:
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video:
"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2012
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on August 16, 2012 a graphic on the Internet:
Paul Ryan would "outlaw in vitro fertilization."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 15, 2012 remarks at a campaign event:
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan "want to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • 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
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 12, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation":
Says Paul Ryan's budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign event:
Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 an advertisement:
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign ad:
"We do know that Romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the IRS as part of the notorious 'Son of Boss' tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 13, 2012
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