Mitt-Stortions: Fact-Checking Mitt Romney

A fact-check of Romney’s claims about Obama administration.

Where Romney Stands on the Truth-O-Meter - As President Obama and Mitt Romney prepare for their all-but-certain battle for the White House, the rhetoric is sure to heat up. The former Massachusetts governor has already trained his sights on the president and, as always happens in politics, he is sometimes unable to let a false claim interfere with a good soundbite. Here are the top 10 ways Romney has distorted Obama’s record. —Joyce Jones(Photos: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Where Romney Stands on the Truth-O-Meter - As President Obama and Mitt Romney prepare for their all-but-certain battle for the White House, the rhetoric is sure to heat up. The former Massachusetts governor has already trained his sights on the president and, as always happens in politics, he is sometimes unable to let a false claim interfere with a good soundbite. Here are the top 10 ways Romney has distorted Obama’s record. —Joyce Jones(Photos: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Claim: The president has been "apologizing for America abroad" for its foreign policy decisions Romney said in remarks delivered to American Society of News Editors on April 4. - According to a PolitiFact.com’s truth-o-meter, Obama has on occasion criticized U.S. actions, particularly with its regard to dealing with terrorism, but has never uttered the words “sorry” or “apologize.”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Claim: The president has been "apologizing for America abroad" for its foreign policy decisions Romney said in remarks delivered to American Society of News Editors on April 4. - According to a PolitiFact.com’s truth-o-meter, Obama has on occasion criticized U.S. actions, particularly with its regard to dealing with terrorism, but has never uttered the words “sorry” or “apologize.”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Claim: “As I have said many times before, the president did not cause the economic crisis, but he made it worse,” he told ASNE executives. He also has claimed that under Obama unemployment “is the worst it’s been in American history.” - Fact-check: Romney has previously acknowledged that the economy is improving, but he does not want to give Obama’s policies any credit for the recovery or the millions of jobs added. PolitiFact has ruled “false” the claim also made by Romney and other Republicans that the current employment rate is worse than it was during the Great Depression.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Claim: “As I have said many times before, the president did not cause the economic crisis, but he made it worse,” he told ASNE executives. He also has claimed that under Obama unemployment “is the worst it’s been in American history.” - Fact-check: Romney has previously acknowledged that the economy is improving, but he does not want to give Obama’s policies any credit for the recovery or the millions of jobs added. PolitiFact has ruled “false” the claim also made by Romney and other Republicans that the current employment rate is worse than it was during the Great Depression.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Claim: Obama is "the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare," Romney told news editors this week. - Fact-check: According to PolitiFact, Obama has not cut the program but called for “a reduction in future growth (the size of the Medicare program will increase dollar-wise).”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama is "the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare," Romney told news editors this week. - Fact-check: According to PolitiFact, Obama has not cut the program but called for “a reduction in future growth (the size of the Medicare program will increase dollar-wise).”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Claim: The president has “delayed the development of our oil,” Romney said in his ASNE speech. - Fact-check: The Obama administration claims that oil production is currently at an eight-year high, which PolitiFact rates as mostly true, but adds that the administration may be overstating its role in the increase.(Photo: EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS/Landov)

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Claim: The president has “delayed the development of our oil,” Romney said in his ASNE speech. - Fact-check: The Obama administration claims that oil production is currently at an eight-year high, which PolitiFact rates as mostly true, but adds that the administration may be overstating its role in the increase.(Photo: EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS/Landov)

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Claim: Obama “has failed to enact or even propose a serious plan to solve our entitlement crisis,” Romney said during his ASNE speech. - Fact-check: The administration proposed a plan last fall to reduce the deficit by $4.4 trillion and build on the Affordable Care Act to achieve an additional $320 billion in savings to Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs by reducing wasteful spending and erroneous payments.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama “has failed to enact or even propose a serious plan to solve our entitlement crisis,” Romney said during his ASNE speech. - Fact-check: The administration proposed a plan last fall to reduce the deficit by $4.4 trillion and build on the Affordable Care Act to achieve an additional $320 billion in savings to Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs by reducing wasteful spending and erroneous payments.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Claim: Obama "gave the [auto] companies to the UAW [union]," in the auto industry bailout, Romney said at the Feb. 22 primary debate in Arizona. - Fact-check: The trust that manages retirees’ health care owns stock in Chrysler and General Motors but the union does not. In addition, the trust is independent from the United Auto Workers, is not a majority shareholder in either company and does not have a vote on the board, PolitiFact reports. The claim is false.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Claim: Obama "gave the [auto] companies to the UAW [union]," in the auto industry bailout, Romney said at the Feb. 22 primary debate in Arizona. - Fact-check: The trust that manages retirees’ health care owns stock in Chrysler and General Motors but the union does not. In addition, the trust is independent from the United Auto Workers, is not a majority shareholder in either company and does not have a vote on the board, PolitiFact reports. The claim is false.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Claim: "Three years ago, a newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved his plan to borrow nearly a trillion dollars, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent," Romney said in a Feb. 4 speech in Las Vegas. - Fact-check: According to the PolitiFact truth-o-meter, the claim is mostly false because Obama projected, but did not promise, that unemployment would drop below eight percent.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Claim: "Three years ago, a newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved his plan to borrow nearly a trillion dollars, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent," Romney said in a Feb. 4 speech in Las Vegas. - Fact-check: According to the PolitiFact truth-o-meter, the claim is mostly false because Obama projected, but did not promise, that unemployment would drop below eight percent.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Claim: "More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history," Romney said in a Jan. 16 tweet. - Fact-check: The truth-o-meter rates this claim “mostly false.” It would be true if one counts from every president’s first day in office to his last, he’s the only one since World War II to preside over a net job loss. But if the measurement is each president from one year into his term to one year after, which also would show how his policies impacted the economy, Obama shifts into positive territory while George W. Bush’s term falls into negative territory, PolitiFact states.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Claim: "More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history," Romney said in a Jan. 16 tweet. - Fact-check: The truth-o-meter rates this claim “mostly false.” It would be true if one counts from every president’s first day in office to his last, he’s the only one since World War II to preside over a net job loss. But if the measurement is each president from one year into his term to one year after, which also would show how his policies impacted the economy, Obama shifts into positive territory while George W. Bush’s term falls into negative territory, PolitiFact states.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Claim: "We have to open up markets for our goods," Romney said during the Jan. 7 primary debate in New Hampshire. "We haven't done that under this president." - Fact-check: It took three years, but Obama and Congress have enacted trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Claim: "We have to open up markets for our goods," Romney said during the Jan. 7 primary debate in New Hampshire. "We haven't done that under this president." - Fact-check: It took three years, but Obama and Congress have enacted trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Claim: "The number one to cut is Obamacare. That saves $95 billion a year," Romney said in a Jan. 8 primary debate in New Hampshire. - Fact-check: An analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act would add $210 billion to the deficit.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Claim: "The number one to cut is Obamacare. That saves $95 billion a year," Romney said in a Jan. 8 primary debate in New Hampshire. - Fact-check: An analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act would add $210 billion to the deficit.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)