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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address
"(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"The median income in this country has declined 10 percent in the last four years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.
Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"We have 25 million Americans out of work."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 18, 2012 a news release
"More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 can’t find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 23, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 a news release
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
True
By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a tweet
"More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 17, 2012
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on January 9, 2012 a hearing in Tallahassee
Tampa is "the strip club capital of the world."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • January 13, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • 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 Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 State of the State address
Says the state tax burden per citizen in New York is twice as high as in Florida.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address
"In the past year, Floridians, not government, created almost 135,000 new private sector jobs. We netted more than 120,000 total jobs in the first 11 months of 2011; the third most of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address
"At my first ‘Let’s Get to Work Day’ … we sold out;" more than 240 dozen doughnuts by 8:30 a.m.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2012
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment"
"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 a news release
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.
Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.
"We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.
"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Matt Wingard
Matt Wingard
stated on January 2, 2012 a news story online
"Oregon’s per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting worse. This is a state that’s actually getting poorer."
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 6, 2012
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