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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
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
On his definition of "takers" and "makers"
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Experts say maybe around 50 percent
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.
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
"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
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
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."
Romney wants to get rid of federal funding
Says Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of Planned Parenthood."
Misrepresents Romney's careful language
Says "Romney supported a law that could have made most common forms of birth control illegal."
A myth that won't die
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
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
They refer patients who need mammograms off-site
"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
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
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.
Big-picture, yes; in identical jobs, not so much
"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
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
"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 26th, 2012
Not all dimes are back
"We got back every dime used to rescue the banks."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Thursday, October 25th, 2012