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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-09-12 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate:
"The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-09-12 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate in Tampa:
"We know that President Obama stole over $500 billion out of Medicare to switch it over to Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on 2011-09-12 a Republican presidential debate:
"Today, when people retire in Galveston County, Texas, they retire making at least 50 percent more than they would ever get out of Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-09-12 a Republican presidential debate:
Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-09-12 a Republican presidential debate:
Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-09-12 the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa:
"In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure."
True
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-09-07 a debate at the Reagan Library:
"Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster" than Mitt Romney.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on 2011-08-17 an interview with the 'Telegraph.':
Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • September 8, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-09-07 a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library:
"The day President Obama took office, gasoline was $1.79 a gallon."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on 2011-09-07 a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library:
Utah was "the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service" as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-09-05 a Republican candidates' forum in South Carolina:
The Massachusetts health care plan "dealt with 8 percent of our population," far less than the "100 percent of American people" affected by President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2011
SEIU
SEIU
stated on 2011-09-07 a political mailing:
"Republicans fought to protect tax loopholes for corporations that send our jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 7, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on 2011-08-29 a statement on the state Democratic website.:
Says Jon Huntsman supports changes in Medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 New Hampshire residents.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-09-05 a Labor Day speech in Detroit:
A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-08-30 a speech to the American Legion:
The United States "won every major battle" of the Vietnam War. "Every single one."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-08-15 a town hall in Litchfield, N.H.:
Says that 500,000 federal workers -- one-fourth of the federal workforce -- make more than $100,000 a year.
Mostly True
By Kevin Landrigan • September 3, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-08-13 a house party in New Hampshire:
Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • September 2, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-08-26 a campaign event:
President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-08-13 a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.:
Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.
Pants on Fire!
By Gregory Trotter • September 1, 2011
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on 2011-08-29 an opinion column:
"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
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