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Samuel Wurzelbacher
Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on June 4, 2012 in a campaign video:
"Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that she's a girl."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • June 12, 2012
Steve Brown
Steve Brown
stated on May 22, 2012 in :
Portland, Ore., has "never gotten over 12 to 15 percent ridership" of its public transit system "in the past 12 years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 12, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on June 7, 2012 in in a tweet.:
Says "only 18 percent of Portland elementary schools have art instruction compared to 83 percent nationally."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Romney outsourced call center jobs to India."  
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • June 11, 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
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 28, 2012 in a speech.:
Virginia "is home to more veterans per capita than any state in America."
False
June 11, 2012
Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC
Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC
stated on May 24, 2012 in a PAC website.:
Says Jeff Wentworth, bending the rules, "has used $211,743.96 in campaign contributions to lease luxury cars."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • June 11, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on March 21, 2012 in an interview:
"Minnesota has passed and Indiana has passed" right to work laws making union membership and dues optional
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 11, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 6, 2012 in a town hall meeting:
"When I was U.S. Attorney we wound up putting 10 percent of the state Legislature in jail during my seven years."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 11, 2012
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on May 23, 2012 in a television interview:
A new manufacturing plant is slated to create about 3,000 jobs in central and northeast Georgia and "create about a $3 billion infusion" into the economy.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 11, 2012
Diane Black
Diane Black
stated on June 1, 2012 in a press release.:
 The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher."
True
By Michael Collins • June 11, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 3, 2012 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press.":
"When I started in Ohio it was terrible. Now, we’re getting bipartisan support for our bills. And that’s called leadership."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • June 11, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 30, 2012 in a memo to the media:
Says "Tommy Thompson's tax plan amounts to an average tax cut of almost $87,000 for the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
June 10, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on May 7, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor.:
Says "we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 10, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on May 24, 2012 in a debate on State of the State:
"Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 10, 2012
Wes Riddle
Wes Riddle
stated on October 22, 2011 in a speech.:
Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on June 8, 2012 in remarks to Hispanic Caucus at Texas Democratic Party convention in Houston.:
Says Democratic runoff opponent Grady Yarbrough twice previously ran statewide as a Republican.
True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on May 31, 2012 in an interview with the editorial board of 'The Telegraph.':
"We spend in tax loopholes annually $1.1 trillion. That's more than we spend on our defense budget in a year, on Medicare or Medicaid in a year."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 8, 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 in a television ad:
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2012
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