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American Principles in Action
American Principles in Action
stated on August 7, 2012 an advertisement:
Says Barack Obama "has deported more people than any other president in this country's history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "paid only 14 percent in taxes — probably less than you."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2012
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on August 7, 2012 a press White House press briefing:
"Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever."
False
By Molly Moorhead • August 9, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on August 7, 2012 campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
"In June, jobless ranks were higher in nearly 90 percent of U.S. cities."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney opposes requiring employers to cover contraception and would eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 6, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Obama "refuses to recognize Jerusalem" as the capital of Israel.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
"As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 31, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Romney would add "trillions" to the deficit while Obama would "cut the deficit by $4 trillion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2012
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 31, 2012 an interview with the Huffington Post:
Says Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for 10 years.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2012 a TV ad:
Mitt Romney is proposing a tax plan "that would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • August 3, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on June 18, 2012 a campaign ad:
"One out of every two kids who are graduating college right now can't find a job."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on July 31, 2012 a blog post:
"U.S. Olympic medal winners will owe up to $9,000 to the IRS."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 13, 2012 an interview on 'Today':
It’s "typical" for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2012
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 22, 2012 a message on Twitter:
"Today the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of America."
True
By Molly Moorhead • July 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on 'Face the Nation.':
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on July 5, 2012 a Facebook post:
"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 25, 2012 a video shown on cable news shows:
Says Romney had the uniforms for the 2002 Winter Olympic games made in Burma.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 25, 2012 an introduction to a web video:
President Obama was saying success "is the result of government," not "hard-working people," when he said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2012
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