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Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:

"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."

By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate in Denver:

Because of Obamacare, "over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- it's true -- but they've gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years."

By J.B. Wogan • October 4, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:

"Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."

By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012

Ohio Republican Party
stated on September 11, 2012 in an election flier :

Says Ohio's Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will "have a blank check to spend our money."

By Joe Guillen • October 3, 2012

Ann Coulter
stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance:

"One of the first states in the union to pass a voter ID bill was Rhode Island, 85 percent Democratic legislature."

By John Hill • October 3, 2012

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on September 19, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says the "public option" considered in the health care law backed by U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin was "wildly unpopular."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 1, 2012

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 22, 2012 in a campaign email:

Says 7,000 millionaires "gamed the system to pay no income taxes."

By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2012

Brendan Doherty
stated on September 26, 2012 in a news release:

"The Doherty Campaign, unlike the Cicilline Campaign, is funded mostly by individual donors -- not the big PACs that Cicilline relies on."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":

"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2012

Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper ad:

Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence.

By Molly Moorhead • September 27, 2012

Jennifer Beck
stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview with NJToday:

"We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."

By Erin O'Neill • September 27, 2012

Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."

By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2012

Sherrod Brown
stated on September 8, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Josh Mandel "is lying about his own record. The rating of Ohio's investment fund has NOT improved."

By Tom Feran • September 26, 2012

Stacey Campfield
stated on September 11, 2012 in a post on his blog.:

Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do."

By Richard Locker • September 26, 2012

Rick Perry
stated on September 21, 2012 in a tweet.:

Says Barack Obama has added $16 trillion to the national debt.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2012

National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 in on NRA ILA's website:

"Bill Nelson voted for a ban on millions of commonly owned firearms, which included many popular hunting and target rifles."

By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview on Univision:

"Fast and Furious" began under the Bush administration.

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 24, 2012

John Burzichelli
stated on September 19, 2012 in an interview with NJToday:

Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners

By Erin O'Neill • September 24, 2012

George Allen
stated on September 20, 2012 in a news release.:

"Tim Kaine announced he wants to raise taxes on everyone."

By Nancy Madsen • September 24, 2012

Rob Zerban
stated on August 9, 2012 in an interview:

U.S. House opponent Paul Ryan supports "cutting funding for veterans by 24 percent."

By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2012

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