Statements from the National: 2012 U.S. President's race

Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, October 4th, 2012

"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

"On Medicare for current retirees, he's cutting $716 billion from the program."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China.

— PolitiFact National on Monday, October 1st, 2012

Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, October 1st, 2012

Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs.

— PolitiFact National on Monday, October 1st, 2012

"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, September 28th, 2012

Says the government has "gotten the TARP money back plus a profit."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, September 28th, 2012

Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, September 28th, 2012

"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 27th, 2012

"Barack Hussein Obama will … force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 27th, 2012

Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence.

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 27th, 2012

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force local authorities to allow Occupy protesters to live in parks."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

"Barack Hussein Obama will .. force Christian organizations to pay for abortions."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force courts to accept Islamic Sharia law in domestic disputes."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012