All statements involving Barack Obama
"A majority of Americans agree with" a ban on assault weapons. "And by the way, so did Ronald Reagan."
"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."
Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."
In 2011, more people were murdered with knives, "hands or feet" or "clubs and hammers" than with any type of rifle.
"Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama."
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal "couldn't get support from either party in the House or the Senate."
"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.
Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.
Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.
Says President Barack Obama "did not come into office with the economy in a free fall."
Says that with President Obama's re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise "to roughly 65 percent."
"Obama's Environmental Protection Agency sent emails for Hispanic Heritage Month with a photo of Che Guevara."
An Obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to "offer them cell phones."
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
"Women in Barack Obama's White House are earning less than men."
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