Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Barack Obama
stated on May 14, 2012 in a TV ad:

After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."

By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012

Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate :

Says "I don’t agree with Mr. Hales that we should give a sweeping break to the developers to allow them to build that infill housing without paying for those very basics."

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

David Dewhurst
stated on April 17, 2012 in a TV ad.:

Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 19, 2012

Jamie Radtke
stated on March 28, 2012 in a web video:

George Allen "voted for 40,000 earmarks."

April 18, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 in an Obama campaign film:

Because of the new health care law, "Americans no longer will see their coverage dropped or capped when illness strikes."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 in a campaign video:

By the time Obama took office, "The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone."

By Molly Moorhead • March 19, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 in the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled":

Because of the new health care law, "2.5 million young adults now have coverage."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 in a television ad:

"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."

By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012

Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 in a television ad:

Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 25, 2012 in a Spanish-language radio ad:

Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 25, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on January 3, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted "double-digit tax increases."

January 25, 2012

AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 in a television ad:

"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012

Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on December 6, 2011 in a TV airing in Florida:

Says he "helped save" the Olympic games.

By Matt Clary • January 6, 2012

Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in an online video:

Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 2, 2012

Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:

Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2011

Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Web video.:

"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."

By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011

Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in a Web ad:

Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011

Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in a video ad:

Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on his support for President Reagan’s policies.

By Molly Moorhead • November 29, 2011

Public Notice
stated on November 14, 2011 in a political ad:

"41 cents out of every dollar (the U.S. spends) is borrowed from places like China."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2011

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