Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 in a speech in The Villages, Fla.:

Says Obama puts "15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of Medicare, who are required to cut Medicare ... that will lead to denied care for current seniors."

By Becky Bowers • August 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:

Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."

By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012

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

Barack Obama
stated on May 9, 2012 in a TV interview:

On support for gay marriage.

By Becky Bowers • May 11, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:

Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."

By Becky Bowers • May 8, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."

By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."

By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."

By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on April 27, 2012 in a Web ad:

Says Mitt Romney's comments indicated he would not have pursued Osama bin Laden.

By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2012

Ted Nugent
stated on April 14, 2012 in a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association:

"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."

By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2012 in a speech at Port of Tampa:

"We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration."

By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2012

Crossroads GPS
stated on April 10, 2012 in a Web ad:

Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."

By Becky Bowers • April 13, 2012

Chain email
stated on April 6, 2012 in an email:

"Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? … Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!"

By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview:

"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."

By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 in remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America:

Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each."

By Becky Bowers • April 6, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin:

"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."

By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on March 29, 2012 in a speech in the Rose Garden:

Last year, "Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour."

By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2012

Senate Republican Conference
stated on March 22, 2012 in a Web video:

"Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to give up their current plans due to new Obamacare regulations."

By Becky Bowers • March 27, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”:

"(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans."

By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 in a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.:

"If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do."

By Becky Bowers • March 7, 2012

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