Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on February 26, 2012 in a video advertisement.:
Says opponent Beto O’Rourke "wants to legalize drugs."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 7, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says when she "helped get $15 billion more for veterans care, Kucinich voted No."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • March 1, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 25, 2012 in an advertisement:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"When Marcy Kaptur brought home $42 million for new manufacturing jobs, Dennis Kucinich voted 'no'."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • February 24, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 27, 2012 in an ad:
Mitt Romney "supervised a company guilty of massive Medicare fraud."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 in an ad against Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.:
"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 17, 2012 in a radio show:
Suzanne Bonamici supports a plan that will cut choice for Medicare Advantage seniors.
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 21, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 in a video campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says PolitiFact has said he "kept a campaign promise to toughen ethics rules."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on January 13, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Rick Santorum "voted to let convicted felons vote."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 17, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 10, 2012 in the online video "King of Bain":
Mitt Romney is worth "at least a quarter billion dollars" and the bulk of his wealth "remains in blind trusts and overseas bank accounts."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 3, 2012 in an Obama for America video:
President Barack Obama "put in place historic fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to lower costs at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 3, 2012 in a web video advertisement:
Says he lived up to a 2008 promise when he "closed corporate tax loopholes that were sending profits overseas."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in a Web ad:
"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • January 3, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on December 27, 2011 in a video ad:
"Newt balanced the federal budget."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 28, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and Florida:
Says Newt Gingrich "supports amnesty for illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 27, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 in a video ad:
"As speaker, Gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 27, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 27, 2011 in in a debate:
Suzanne Bonamici votes with her party a partisan 98 percent of the time.
Half-True
By Janie Har • December 10, 2011
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