Mostly True

Politifact rates claims and allegations as being “True” and “Mostly True” when they essentially convey the “truth”. Below is a list of “True and Mostly True” statements that have been made about the Obama Administration by Democrats, Republicans and Tea Party members. The links go the detailed documentation analysis.

True and Mostly True Claims

That Are Worth Noting

The people of Massachusetts favor the state’s health care law by a margin of 3 to 1.

Mitt Romney

"Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United States of America."

Senator Bernie Sanders

"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."

Robert Reich, Ph.D.

The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then are hit with heavy payroll taxes to boot."

Warren Buffet

"The deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year I took office."

President Barack Obama