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Priorities USA Action

Priorities USA Action

Mostly False

Money earned by far more people on a much bigger investment

"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."

People's Majority

People's Majority

Pants on Fire!

Super PAC has zero evidence

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Half-True

Said that, and more

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "says he’ll do away with Medicare."  

National Republican Senatorial Committee

National Republican Senatorial Committee

Mostly True

Pelosi opposed budget that included tax hike

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin "proposed a $3.9 trillion tax increase -- a tax increase so extreme" that "even Nancy Pelosi voted against it."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

Email was not approved -- especially not by Obama

"Obama's Environmental Protection Agency sent emails for Hispanic Heritage Month with a photo of Che Guevara."

Majority PAC

Majority PAC

Half-True

Partly accurate on both counts

"Tommy Thompson made millions from corporations who outsource American jobs and now he's trying to lavish huge tax breaks on them."  

Barry Hinckley

Barry Hinckley

Pants on Fire!

The tax is Obamacare. And the rich pay most. Over 10 years

Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."

Democratic Party of Oregon

Democratic Party of Oregon

Half-True

He co-sponsored legislation to regulate abortion clinics

Says Matt Wand has sided with anti-choice activists "to restrict access to reproductive health care services."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

No details but an easing of current rules

Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Catastrophe is speculative

Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Half-True

Less than 10% from China

"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Pants on Fire!

This claim throws reality in reverse

Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.

David Cicilline

David Cicilline

True

The record backs him up

"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."

Josh Mandel

Josh Mandel

False

Claim distorts votes to cash in on spin

Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Pants on Fire!

Treats a hypothetical study like a crystal ball

"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."

Bill Bradbury

Bill Bradbury

Pants on Fire!

He hearts vote-by-mail

"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."

Let Freedom Ring

Let Freedom Ring

False

The rubber never hits the road on this claim

Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.

Adam Hasner

Adam Hasner

Half-True

We took the plunge and investigated Frankel's marble bathroom

Lois Frankel "spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet."

Adam Hasner

Adam Hasner

Half-True

This claim has been flying around for years

While she was mayor, Lois Frankel took a "police helicopter ride to go to a dinner party."

Workers' Voice

Workers' Voice

False

Plan cited is silent on how to make Social Security solvent

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."

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