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Latest Fact-Checks On Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 4, 2012 in a press statement:
President Obama’s lawsuit claims it is unconstitutional for Ohio to allow servicemen and women extended early voting privileges during the state’s early voting period.
False
By Sabrina Eaton • August 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 1, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 25, 2012 in an introduction to a web video:
President Obama was saying success "is the result of government," not "hard-working people," when he said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 10, 2012 in a town hall in Grand Junction, Colo.:
The Obama administration "has been outsourcing" by sending money to "solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the United States."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 11, 2012 in a speech to the NAACP:
"When I was governor, not only did test scores improve – we also narrowed the achievement gap."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • July 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 in prepared remarks:
" ‘Obamacare’ puts the federal government between you and your doctor."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 4, 2012 in an interview with CBS News:
The Supreme Court said the individual mandate "is a tax. So it's a tax."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 19, 2012 in a speech to the Business Roundtable in Frankenmuth, Mich.:
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 in a speech in Washington, D.C. :
"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 in a press conference:
"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 28, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech:
"The median income in America has dropped by 10 percent in the last four years."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 8, 2012 in a campaign ad:
As governor of Massachusetts, "Romney reduced unemployment to just 4.7 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 5, 2012 in a Web ad:
"More Hispanics have fallen into poverty under Obama."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • June 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 16, 2012 in a speech in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
National debt plus unfunded liabilities adds up to $520,000 per American household.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2012 in an interview with CBN News:
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2011 in statements to the media:
On President Barack Obama’s stimulus
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
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