Statements we say are False
When it comes to jobless workers, "Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people."
Barack Obama has "never even worked in business."
When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."
"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."
In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
"Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever."
Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
President Obama was saying success "is the result of government," not "hard-working people," when he said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
"If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000."
"83% of doctors have considered leaving the profession because of #Obamacare."
"75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class."
" ‘Obamacare’ puts the federal government between you and your doctor."
Under the health care law, "everybody will have lower rates, better quality care and better access."
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.
"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep."
"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."
Says Barack Obama "supported Ted Kennedy’s ammo ban to outlaw all deer-hunting ammunition."
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