Mitt Romney's Biggest Truths and Burning Lies

BET.com fact-checks Mitt Romney.

Claim: Obama Failed to Deliver Immigration Bill in First Year - BET.com fact-checks Mitt Romney.  –Britt Middleton  TRUE: During the second presidential debate Romney said President Obama broke his promise to introduce a comprehensive immigration bill by the end of his first year in office. Then-Sen. Obama did make this claim in a 2008 interview, but didn't deliver until June 2012, when he introduced a policy that halts the deportation young immigrants in America.  (Photo: Marc Serota/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama Failed to Deliver Immigration Bill in First Year - BET.com fact-checks Mitt Romney.  –Britt Middleton TRUE: During the second presidential debate Romney said President Obama broke his promise to introduce a comprehensive immigration bill by the end of his first year in office. Then-Sen. Obama did make this claim in a 2008 interview, but didn't deliver until June 2012, when he introduced a policy that halts the deportation young immigrants in America. (Photo: Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Claim: American's Income Has Declined Under Obama - FALSE: During the first presidential debate, Romney said that middle-class Americans have "seen their income come down by $4,300" under Obama's leadership. "Census figures show the decline in median household income during Obama’s first three years was $2,492, even after adjusting for inflation," Factcheck.org writes.(Photo: Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

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Claim: American's Income Has Declined Under Obama - FALSE: During the first presidential debate, Romney said that middle-class Americans have "seen their income come down by $4,300" under Obama's leadership. "Census figures show the decline in median household income during Obama’s first three years was $2,492, even after adjusting for inflation," Factcheck.org writes.(Photo: Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

47 Percent - As Romney and Ryan head to the Buckeye State, Team Obama has launched an ad there criticizing the top of the Republican ticket for his remarks about 47 percent of Americans and his refusal to release multiple tax returns. "Maybe instead of attacking others on taxes, Romney should come clean on his," a narrator says.   (Photo: Courtesy Obama for America)

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Claim: "47 Percent of Americans Pay No Income Tax." - TRUE: There is some truth to Romney's "47 percent" comments. In 2009, the Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center reported 47 percent of tax filers paid no income tax. Most Americans are either exempted because they don’t make enough money or are benefitting from enough tax breaks to owe nothing.

Claim: Obama Favors "Green Jobs" Over Education - FALSE: Romney argued in their Oct. 3 debate that the president spent $90 billion on wind and solar projects instead on hiring two million teachers. In reality, "that $90 billion included loans, not just grant money, and the government can’t hire teachers with loans," Factcheck.org writes.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama Favors "Green Jobs" Over Education - FALSE: Romney argued in their Oct. 3 debate that the president spent $90 billion on wind and solar projects instead on hiring two million teachers. In reality, "that $90 billion included loans, not just grant money, and the government can’t hire teachers with loans," Factcheck.org writes.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Claim: Obama Bashed McCain for Cost-Saving Medicare Policies - TRUE: In a campaign ad entitled "It Ain't Right," Obama is accused of slashing $700 billion from Medicare to pay for Obamacare, even though he bashed Sen. John McCain for similar cost-saving plans in 2008. While fact-checkers haven't fully endorsed the $700 billion figure, it is true that Obama inaccurately characterized McCain's health care plan as more than $800 billion in cuts from services and benefits in 2008.  

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Claim: Obama Bashed McCain for Cost-Saving Medicare Policies - TRUE: In a campaign ad entitled "It Ain't Right," Obama is accused of slashing $700 billion from Medicare to pay for Obamacare, even though he bashed Sen. John McCain for similar cost-saving plans in 2008. While fact-checkers haven't fully endorsed the $700 billion figure, it is true that Obama inaccurately characterized McCain's health care plan as more than $800 billion in cuts from services and benefits in 2008.  

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America Is Not Impressed - Days before President Obama and Mitt Romney face off in the first presidential debate on Oct. 3, the candidates may want to focus on winning over a lukewarm public. In a Pew poll published Sept. 24, 54 percent of people said they are either "very" or "fairly satisfied" with the presidential choices this year, compared to 40 percent who disapproved altogether. (Photos from left: Matt Sullivan/Getty Images, David Calvert/Getty Images)

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Claim: Romney Claims Obama Raised Taxes on the Middle Class - FALSE: "Unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class," the GOP presidential candidate said during his Republican National Convention address. Fact-checkers debunked Romney's claims with a number of major tax cuts Obama has introduced in his presidency, including the payroll tax cut that saved Americans as much as $2,200 a year. (Photos from left: Matt Sullivan/Getty Images, David Calvert/Getty Images)

Dead Heat - President Obama and Mitt Romney have spent a lot of time and money in Florida in an effort to win its 29 electoral votes, but the state is clearly divided. In a Tampa Bay Times Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll, 48 percent of likely voters support Obama, while 47 percent back Romney. The president also has an 11-point lead among Latino voters, a key voting bloc.  (Photos from left: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Allan Tannenbaum-Pool/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama Has Never Visited Israel as President - TRUE: In another campaign ad, the narrator points out that Obama hasn't visited Israel since becoming president of the United States while Romney pledges "to be a different kind of president who stands by our allies." It is true that Obama last visited Israel as a candidate in 2008, although seven of the 11 last sitting presidents never visited the country, either.(Photos from left: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Allan Tannenbaum-Pool/Getty Images)

Claim: GM Used Bailout Money to Outsource Jobs to China  - FALSE: A radio spot now running in Ohio accuses General Motors of cutting 15,000 American jobs under Obama's auto bailout to move labor operations to China. "GM did have 14,000 fewer U.S. employees at the end of 2011 than at the end of 2008, but most of those layoffs and buyouts occurred in early 2009, before GM entered bankruptcy," according to the Detroit Free Press[SD1] . [SD1]Add link(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Claim: GM Used Bailout Money to Outsource Jobs to China - FALSE: A radio spot now running in Ohio accuses General Motors of cutting 15,000 American jobs under Obama's auto bailout to move labor operations to China. "GM did have 14,000 fewer U.S. employees at the end of 2011 than at the end of 2008, but most of those layoffs and buyouts occurred in early 2009, before GM entered bankruptcy," according to the Detroit Free Press[SD1] . [SD1]Add link(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama Promised to Cut Deficit in Half - TRUE: At a "Fiscal Responsibility Summit" in February 2009, President Obama did promise to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term, so Romney was correct when he pointed out Obama's fault during their first debate. While the $1.1 trillion has made slow declines in recent months, it's nowhere near what Obama promised three and a half years ago.  (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Claim: Obama's "Apology Tour" - FALSE:  Factcheck.org reports no instances where President Obama has overtly apologized for "American values" in foreign countries nor after U.S. Embassies in Egypt and Libya were attacked, as Romney has accused. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama's "Apology Tour" - FALSE:  Factcheck.org reports no instances where President Obama has overtly apologized for "American values" in foreign countries nor after U.S. Embassies in Egypt and Libya were attacked, as Romney has accused. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)