Statements we say are Mostly False
"While President Obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear Iran, Hagel says military action is not a viable, feasible, responsible option."
"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."
Says Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of Planned Parenthood."
"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."
Says Barack Obama was silent on Iran "when the students took to the streets in Tehran and the people there protested, (and) the Green Revolution occurred."
Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy."
Says six studies verify that the math adds up for Mitt Romney’s tax plan.
As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000."
Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations."
"We weren't told they wanted more security " for diplomatic facilities in Libya.
Says the Obama administration spent taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland (and) windmills in China.
Says Obama promised unemployment would never go above 8 percent.
"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."
Says Romney wants to "take away early childhood education, slash K-12 funding, and cut college aid … to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires."
Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."
Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."
Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.
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