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Latest Fact-Checks On Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 statements to the media
On President Barack Obama’s stimulus
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
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