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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 in a speech in Las Vegas, Nev.:
"President Obama is shrinking our military."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 in a victory speech in Las Vegas on Feb. 4, 2012:
"Three years ago, a newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved his plan to borrow nearly a trillion dollars, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 in a speech in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2012:
"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Committee for Our Children's Future
Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on January 31, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Chris Christie "inherited the highest taxes in America and the worst unemployment in the region."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • February 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2012 in a campaign blog post:
On fundraising for super PACs
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • February 8, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 5, 2012 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 30, 2012 in email to MoveOn.org members:
"Private prisons do not chase escaped inmates past the perimeter like the public prisons do, which means more escaped prisoners in our communities."
Half-True
February 7, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 in a television ad:
Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2012
Kitty Boitnott
Kitty Boitnott
stated on January 23, 2012 in a news conference.:
Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 7, 2012
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
stated on January 18, 2012 in a letter:
In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
Half-True
By Janie Har • February 7, 2012
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on January 26, 2012 in an article posted on One New Jersey’s website:
Says New Jersey is "down nearly 200,000 jobs from its pre-recession peak" and with Gov. Chris Christie "New Jersey has trailed the rest of America when it comes to unemployment" for 12 consecutive months.
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • February 7, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference:
"Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election."
True
By Tom Feran • February 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 27, 2012 in a column:
On deporting illegal immigrants.
No Flip
By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 2, 2012 in a message via the Internet:
"If you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 7, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2012 in a TV interview:
"No candidate has run more negative ads in American history than Barack Obama did in 2008, especially in the general.’’
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2012
Cecilia Muñoz
Cecilia Muñoz
stated on February 1, 2012 in a post to the White House Blog:
"Most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • February 6, 2012
Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra
stated on February 5, 2012 in a website linked to a campaign ad:
"Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2012
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on January 20, 2012 in an opinion column.:
"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2012
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 24, 2011 in in editorials and op-ed articles:
The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 6, 2012
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on February 1, 2012 in a Democratic Party radio address:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (Wisconsin’s) technical colleges."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 5, 2012
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