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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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