Latest Fact-Checks In New Hampshire 2012

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New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 8, 2012 in a written statement.:
Says former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter refused to host town hall meetings during her time in Congress.
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • March 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 4, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Peterborough, N.H.:
"You can hire lots of bureaucrats.  That’s what the president’s done.  He’s added 135,000 people to the government workforce."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:
Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • January 8, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:
The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan provides "pretty much" the same coverage that members of Congress receive.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."
False
By Becky Bowers, Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill, Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 8, 2012 in a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire:
Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 6, 2011 in a TV airing in Florida:
Says he "helped save" the Olympic games.
Mostly True
By Matt Clary • January 6, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in a Web ad:
"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • January 3, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 in a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.:
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
Says Freddie Mac, electric co-ops and credit unions are all "government sponsored" enterprises.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 19, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Democratic Natonal Committee advertisement:
Says it cost Massachusetts taxpayers $100,000 when Mitt Romney and his staff purchased computer hard drives.
False
By Jake Berry • December 19, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Web video.:
"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."
Mostly True
By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 12, 2011 in a foreign policy debate with Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., Dec. 12, 2011:
"The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam."
False
By John Gregg • December 14, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 12, 2011 in a debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.:
"You look at defense … we're spending more than the rest of the world combined."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 13, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 30, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire:
"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 16, 2011 in an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph:
"We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • December 8, 2011
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