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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
True
By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 21, 2011 a television ad
Says Barack Obama said, "If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 17, 2011 an e-mail message
"House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches." 
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 22, 2011
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on November 20, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 17, 2011 Facebook
1 percent of Americans are millionaires. 47 percent of House Reps. are millionaires. 56 percent of Senators are millionaires.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 11, 2011 remarks at Mandester, N.H. campaign headquarters
"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 20, 2011 speaking at New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University
"The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007."
True
By Maryalice Gill • November 18, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Public Notice
Public Notice
stated on November 14, 2011 a political ad
"41 cents out of every dollar (the U.S. spends) is borrowed from places like China."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
After losing 750,000 jobs a month before this administration, the U.S. economy under Barack Obama has had 20 straight months of growth, has added 2.8 million jobs in the private sector and added "millions of jobs in manufacturing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 remarks at the Cornerstone Action Dinner in Manchester, N.H.
Under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough."
False
By Jake Berry • November 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.
"Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan
"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • November 14, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 an interview on The Daily Show
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 9, 2011 an interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show"
In April 2009 "the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 6, 2011 an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour
"Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 10, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan
"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 a written opening statement for a debate
Under President Barack Obama, "more Americans are in poverty ... than at any time since the Census Bureau began keeping records on it over 50 years ago."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
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