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Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 27, 2012 in an appearance on Meet the Press:
"When it comes to what little bit of job creation was happening in Massachusetts (when Mitt Romney was governor), it was happening in the public sector at six times the rate that it was happening in the private sector."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • May 31, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 16, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • May 25, 2012
Barack Obama
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."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2012 in a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
False
By Molly Moorhead • May 14, 2012
Joe Donnelly
Joe Donnelly
stated on May 7, 2012 in an interview with Indiana Public Media:
Says he did not vote for Nancy Pelosi for speaker of the House.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • May 9, 2012
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on May 8, 2012 in a press release:
The Obama White House recognizes a "baby that has not been born" for security purposes.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • May 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2012 in a campaign speech in Ohio:
Mitt Romney has "proposed cutting his own taxes while raising them on 18 million working families."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • May 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2012 in a Rose Garden speech:
In the past three years, "we've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some."
True
By Molly Moorhead • April 23, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
"The bulk of the people who are shot with a weapon — other than these drug gangs taking on one another — end up being shot with their own weapon."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 in Mitt Romney's website:
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to newspaper editors:
Says Obama has failed to pass a budget.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 2, 2012 in a Rose Garden press conference:
If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it "would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."
False
By Molly Moorhead • April 4, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 in a video ad:
"Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 26, 2012 in an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report":
"Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 25, 2012 in a campaign appearance in Wisconsin:
Says Mitt Romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2012 in a web video ad:
President Barack Obama "reduced the cost of prescription drugs for nearly 3.6 million Americans in 2011."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 27, 2012
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 21, 2012 in a video ad:
Says Romney flip-flopped on abortion.
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 19, 2012 in a tweet.:
"Did you know ObamaCare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 TRILLION?"
False
By Molly Moorhead • March 21, 2012
Barack Obama
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."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 19, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on March 11, 2012 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday":
Obama's secretary of energy, Dr. Steven Chu, "has said publicly he wants us to pay European levels (for gasoline), and that would be $9 or $10 a gallon."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 14, 2012
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