Statements we say are Half-True
Says that Mitt Romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "Let Detroit go bankrupt."
Ohio has "created 45,000 new manufacturing jobs since 2010. And that's due in large part to the fact that the auto rescue has helped Ohio."
The stimulus program "cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people."
Mitt Romney said we should let foreclosures "hit the bottom."
"Republicans would give seniors a (Medicare) voucher that limits what's covered, costing seniors as much as $6,400 more a year."
Says Mitt Romney has put forward a plan "that would cut taxes for millionaires while raising them for the middle class."
"By the time (Mitt Romney) left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation."
"The majority of Americans now doubt that our children will have a better future."
"In Massachusetts, Gov. Romney narrowed the gap between students of different races."
Says "President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board" sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.
"Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate."
"A Gallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners aren't hiring because of what they call ‘regulatory uncertainty.’"
Republicans included "the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims."
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan "could raise future retirees’ costs more than $6,000."
Paul Ryan would "outlaw in vitro fertilization."
"We do know that Romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the IRS as part of the notorious 'Son of Boss' tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history."
Says Barack Obama "has deported more people than any other president in this country's history."
Says Mitt Romney "paid only 14 percent in taxes — probably less than you."
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