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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 31, 2012 a press release
Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 30, 2012 a speech in Tampa, Fla.
"Gov. Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens who were on Medicaid to save $5 a day."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 1, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 29, 2012 an interview
In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 26, 2012 a Republican presidential primary debate
"Romneycare … is a top-down, government-run health care system."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • January 27, 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
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 a television ad
"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 a video campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 a video ad
"Romney signed government-mandated health care with taxpayer-funded abortions."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Judy Manning
Judy Manning
stated on January 4, 2012 an interview
"When [Mitt Romney] was the governor of Massachusetts, he performed 100 — and I’m not sure this number is right, but my mind says it’s about 180 gay marriages."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • January 18, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 13, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "runs away from Ronald Reagan."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 10, 2012 the online video "King of Bain"
Mitt Romney is worth "at least a quarter billion dollars" and the bulk of his wealth "remains in blind trusts and overseas bank accounts."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 11, 2012 the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Mitt Romney’s and Bain Capital’s profits from KB Toys, which later went out of business, were "described by the Boston Herald as ‘disgusting.’"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Mitt Romney is "tearing down his 3,000-square-foot house to build an 11,000-square-foot house."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 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
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 9, 2012 comments to reporters in Concord, N.H.
"What’s clear is (Romney) likes firing people."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 an Iowa TV ad.
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 a Web video.
"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."
Mostly True
By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Iowa
Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, "put into place socialized medicine."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Iowa
Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
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