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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 in a debate
Says Obama was in New York City the same day as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but went on a TV show instead of meeting with him.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
False
By Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 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."
False
By J.B. Wogan • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 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."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 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.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 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.
False
By Molly Moorhead • September 27, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper advertisement
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."
False
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser
The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 28, 2012 a chain email
On new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2012
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Jack Markell
Jack Markell
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
When it comes to jobless workers, "Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 6, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
Barack Obama has "never even worked in business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 a Fox News interview
"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."
False
By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 22, 2012 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a web video
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 an advertisement
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on August 7, 2012 a press White House press briefing
"Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever."
False
By Molly Moorhead • August 9, 2012
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