Money earned by far more people on a much bigger investment
"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, November 5th, 2012
Super PAC has zero evidence
"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."
— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
Said that, and more
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "says he’ll do away with Medicare."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Pelosi opposed budget that included tax hike
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin "proposed a $3.9 trillion tax increase -- a tax increase so extreme" that "even Nancy Pelosi voted against it."
Email was not approved -- especially not by Obama
"Obama's Environmental Protection Agency sent emails for Hispanic Heritage Month with a photo of Che Guevara."
— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Partly accurate on both counts
"Tommy Thompson made millions from corporations who outsource American jobs and now he's trying to lavish huge tax breaks on them."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, November 1st, 2012
The tax is Obamacare. And the rich pay most. Over 10 years
Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."
— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Thursday, November 1st, 2012
He co-sponsored legislation to regulate abortion clinics
Says Matt Wand has sided with anti-choice activists "to restrict access to reproductive health care services."
— PolitiFact Oregon on Thursday, November 1st, 2012
No details but an easing of current rules
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Catastrophe is speculative
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Less than 10% from China
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
This claim throws reality in reverse
Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
The record backs him up
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Claim distorts votes to cash in on spin
Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Monday, October 29th, 2012
Treats a hypothetical study like a crystal ball
"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 26th, 2012
He hearts vote-by-mail
"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."
— PolitiFact Oregon on Friday, October 26th, 2012
The rubber never hits the road on this claim
Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, October 25th, 2012
We took the plunge and investigated Frankel's marble bathroom
Lois Frankel "spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, October 25th, 2012
This claim has been flying around for years
While she was mayor, Lois Frankel took a "police helicopter ride to go to a dinner party."
Plan cited is silent on how to make Social Security solvent
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, October 24th, 2012