Latest Fact-checks by Louis Jacobson Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate: "Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land." Joe Biden stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for." Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2012 in an email to supporters: 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." Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: "The Canadians — they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent." Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: The Obama administration "called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people." Joe Biden stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare." Emergency Committee for Israel stated on October 9, 2012 in a campaign ad: "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." Mitt Romney stated on October 6, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women." American Crossroads stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial: President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt." American Future Fund stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad: Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit. Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government." Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate: Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program." Paul Ryan stated on September 30, 2012 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on September 10, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "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. Government is Not God PAC stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement: "Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers." Mitt Romney stated on September 21, 2012 in a Spanish-language television ad: College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats." Restore Our Future stated on September 19, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent." Mitt Romney stated on September 19, 2012 in remarks in Atlanta: "Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America." Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser: The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax." Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a private campaign fundraiser: "Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job." Barack Obama stated on September 12, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits." Chain email stated on August 28, 2012 in a chain email: On new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!" Barack Obama stated on September 8, 2012 in a speech in Seminole, Fla.: "We've doubled our use of renewable energy." Barack Obama stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: "I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses." Barack Obama stated on September 6, 2012 in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: "After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years."
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Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate: "Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land." Joe Biden stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for." Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2012 in an email to supporters: 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." Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: "The Canadians — they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent." Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: The Obama administration "called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people." Joe Biden stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare." Emergency Committee for Israel stated on October 9, 2012 in a campaign ad: "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." Mitt Romney stated on October 6, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women." American Crossroads stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial: President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt." American Future Fund stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad: Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit. Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government." Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate: Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program." Paul Ryan stated on September 30, 2012 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on September 10, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "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. Government is Not God PAC stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement: "Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers." Mitt Romney stated on September 21, 2012 in a Spanish-language television ad: College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats." Restore Our Future stated on September 19, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent." Mitt Romney stated on September 19, 2012 in remarks in Atlanta: "Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America." Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser: The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax." Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a private campaign fundraiser: "Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job." Barack Obama stated on September 12, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits." Chain email stated on August 28, 2012 in a chain email: On new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!" Barack Obama stated on September 8, 2012 in a speech in Seminole, Fla.: "We've doubled our use of renewable energy." Barack Obama stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: "I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses." Barack Obama stated on September 6, 2012 in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: "After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years."
Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate: "Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
Joe Biden stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for."
Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2012 in an email to supporters: 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."
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: "The Canadians — they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent."
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: The Obama administration "called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people."
Joe Biden stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.: Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare."
Emergency Committee for Israel stated on October 9, 2012 in a campaign ad: "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."
Mitt Romney stated on October 6, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
American Crossroads stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial: President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
American Future Fund stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad: Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."
Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.
Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."
Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."
Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate: Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Paul Ryan stated on September 30, 2012 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."
Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on September 10, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare."
Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "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.
Government is Not God PAC stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement: "Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."
Mitt Romney stated on September 21, 2012 in a Spanish-language television ad: College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats."
Restore Our Future stated on September 19, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent."
Mitt Romney stated on September 19, 2012 in remarks in Atlanta: "Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."
Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser: The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax."
Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a private campaign fundraiser: "Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
Barack Obama stated on September 12, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."
Chain email stated on August 28, 2012 in a chain email: On new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"
Barack Obama stated on September 8, 2012 in a speech in Seminole, Fla.: "We've doubled our use of renewable energy."
Barack Obama stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: "I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
Barack Obama stated on September 6, 2012 in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: "After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years."
