Statements from National: 2012 U.S. President

Off by 20 states

Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

Trump in good standing about DiMassimo standing on flag

Donald Trump

Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage."

— PolitiFact Georgia on Thursday, March 17th, 2016

A big change after the election

Paul Ryan

On his definition of "takers" and "makers"

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Experts say maybe around 50 percent

Mike White

Says that with President Obama's re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise "to roughly 65 percent."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Not first. Again.

Chris Christie

Says "I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, November 11th, 2012

Money earned by far more people on a much bigger investment

Priorities USA Action

"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, November 5th, 2012

One of several directors

Priorities USA Action

Says Mitt Romney "was director of a company that stole millions from Medicare."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Tweet, later corrected, exaggerated in both directions

Michael Moore

Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Romney wants to get rid of federal funding

Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Says Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of Planned Parenthood."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Misrepresents Romney's careful language

Florida Democratic Party

Says "Romney supported a law that could have made most common forms of birth control illegal."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, November 2nd, 2012

A myth that won't die

Adam Putnam

An Obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to "offer them cell phones."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

No details but an easing of current rules

Barack Obama

Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

They refer patients who need mammograms off-site

Barack Obama

"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Catastrophe is speculative

Barack Obama

Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Less than 10% from China

Clint Eastwood

"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

This claim throws reality in reverse

Mitt Romney

Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Big-picture, yes; in identical jobs, not so much

Mitt Romney

"Women in Barack Obama's White House are earning less than men."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, October 29th, 2012

Feds didn't give up control

Mitt Romney

Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Treats a hypothetical study like a crystal ball

Mitt Romney

"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 26th, 2012

Not all dimes are back

Barack Obama

"We got back every dime used to rescue the banks."

— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Thursday, October 25th, 2012

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2012 U.S. President's race