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Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a television ad:
"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2012
Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra
stated on February 5, 2012 a website linked to a campaign ad:
"Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 24, 2012 a television ad:
"Romneycare sent costs spiraling out of control" in Massachusetts, "hiking premiums, squeezing household budgets."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate:
"I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature."
False
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town":
Mitt Romney has 15 homes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2012 a video ad:
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 5, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 a Democratic Natonal Committee advertisement:
Says it cost Massachusetts taxpayers $100,000 when Mitt Romney and his staff purchased computer hard drives.
False
By Jake Berry • December 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 7, 2011 an Iowa TV ad.:
Our "kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 9, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney has changed his position on supporting the TARP program.
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 30, 2011
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
stated on October 24, 2011 a television ad posted on YouTube:
Says state Senate President Stephen "Sweeney gave us the nation's highest income tax rates, driving out jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 31, 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
Edd Houck
Edd Houck
stated on September 29, 2011 a TV ad.:
"Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 12, 2011
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on August 5, 2011 a web video:
Virginia has made "no progress on jobs" since Bob McDonnell took office.
False
By Sean Gorman • August 18, 2011
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