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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 3, 2011 a campaign ad:
"Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • November 3, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 a web advertisement:
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on gun control.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 2, 2011 a campaign ad:
"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 a web advertisement:
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on abortion.
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 31, 2011 an interview on "PBS Newshour":
China is "trying to develop nuclear capability."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 2, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 24, 2011 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s housing policy is, "Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 1, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 25, 2011 a speech at a fundraiser:
"I made a bunch of these promises during the campaign. ... We've got about 60 percent done in three years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 19, 2011 a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 28, 2011
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on October 26, 2011 a hearing of the congressional "Supercommittee":
The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 25, 2011 a chain e-mail:
Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 24, 2011 a chain e-mail:
Medicare monthly premiums will go up to $104.20 in 2012 and $247.00 in 2014 due to "provisions incorporated in the Obamacare legislation, purposely delayed so as not to 'confuse' the 2012 re-election campaigns."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 27, 2011
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
stated on October 23, 2011 congressional testimony:
"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2011 Flint, Mich.:
"In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes … climbed to 229."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 25, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post:
Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011
Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency
Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency
stated on October 22, 2011 parking lot fliers outside an Iowa candidate event:
Herman Cain is a "pro-choice candidate."
False
By Molly Moorhead • October 24, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 30, 2011 remarks at Politics & Eggs forum in Manchester, N.H.:
Every month since 9/11, there have been as many suicide attacks against the United States and its allies as there were in all the years leading up to 9/11.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • October 24, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 a forum in Hampton, N.H.:
"We cut property taxes by one-third in the state of Texas while I’ve been governor."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • October 21, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on October 19, 2011 a Senate floor speech:
With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate:
President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ...  who've been allowed to stay in this country."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 20, 2011
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