Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:
"Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on September 24, 2012 in a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign:
"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview on Univision:
"Fast and Furious" began under the Bush administration.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says President Barack Obama is responsible for pending defense cuts.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in his Democratic National Convention speech:
The stimulus program "cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 6, 2012
Jack Markell
Jack Markell
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. :
When it comes to jobless workers, "Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 6, 2012
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on September 4, 2012 in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
Says Mitt Romney has put forward a plan "that would cut taxes for millionaires while raising them for the middle class."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 in remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
President Obama "funneled" $716 billion out of Medicare "at the expense of the elderly."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 30, 2012
Artur Davis
Artur Davis
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
The health care law imposes a federal mandate requiring middle-class Americans to buy health insurance "whether they can afford it or not."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview:
"Under the president's plan, he cuts Medicare by $716 billion, takes that money out of the Medicare trust fund and uses it to pay for Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "60 Minutes":
Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
Says Paul Ryan's budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 24, 2012 in a chain email:
The health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 25, 2012
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on July 15, 2012 in comments on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has these offshore accounts" like Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 18, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 in a television ad:
The health care law could cost up to $2 trillion, "double what we were promised."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 in a television ad:
The health care law "imposes the largest tax increase in history on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 in a television ad:
"Bill Nelson was the deciding vote" on the health care law.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • July 11, 2012
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