Hits and misses at the final GOP debate
The four candidates in the June 12 primary squared off in Falls Church on Friday night. We checked a few of their claims.
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Crossroads GPS
Says Obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
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Barack Obama
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with ...
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Facebook posts
Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at ...
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Mitt Romney
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of ...
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Mitt Romney
On President Barack Obama’s stimulus
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Mitt Romney
On the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
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Mitt Romney
On gun policy
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Mitt Romney
On support for Ronald Reagan's policies
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Mitt Romney
On signing a no-tax pledge
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Barack Obama
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, ...
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Mitt Romney
There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies."
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Mitt Romney
On abortion
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Mitt Romney
On whether humans contribute to global warming
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Mitt Romney
On support for gay marriage.
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Barack Obama
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
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A scorecard separating fact from fiction
Prince William County "has cut violent crime in half" since instituting a crackdown on illegal immigration.
George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."
If Congress froze the current spending level and then cut it by 2 percent annually, "we could balance the budget in five years."
Says the Congressional Budget Office has estimated "every penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025."
Says a bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions "was supported by Republicans and Democrats."
"Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
Tim Kaine "reduced higher education funding by 25 percent when he was governor, driving up tuition..."
The CBO says the cost of health care reform will rise to $1.8 trillion, "increasing the price to far greater than the $900 billion" originally projected.
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Says Obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
— Crossroads GPS
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
— Barack Obama
Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years."
— Facebook posts
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."
— Mitt Romney
On President Barack Obama’s stimulus
— Mitt Romney












