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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
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 25, 2012 a Web ad
Says India "gained jobs thanks to Romney."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • July 26, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 25, 2012 an advertisement
"Thousands (in China) owe their jobs to Mitt Romney's companies."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2012 a TV ad
Says Mitt Romney "backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2012
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on July 22, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"There's a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way" at gun shows and over the Internet.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • July 25, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 24, 2012 a chain email
The health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 23, 2012 an advertisement
"Gov. Romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2012 a post on the Internet
"USA is #1 in gun violence."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2012 on the Internet
"Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. That's 270 people a day and 87 dead."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 10, 2012 a town hall in Grand Junction, Colo.
The Obama administration "has been outsourcing" by sending money to "solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the United States."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 19, 2012 a web video
Over the last six months, President Barack Obama has golfed 10 times and held 106 fundraisers, but his jobs council has never met.
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2012
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 17, 2012 his syndicated radio show
Says it's not "accidental" that the villain in the Batman movie is named Bane.
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012
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