Latest Fact-Checks In New Hampshire 2012

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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
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 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
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
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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 11, 2011 in remarks at Mandester, N.H. campaign headquarters:
"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 in remarks at the Cornerstone Action Dinner in Manchester, N.H.:
Under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough."
False
By Jake Berry • November 15, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.:
Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.
False
By John Gregg • October 18, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire:
"These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 12, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.:
Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 18, 2011 in a television campaign ad:
"In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes."
False
By Maryalice Gill • August 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 in at a meeting arranged by the Small Business Caucus at the Kimball Jenkins House in Concord, N.H.:
Says the new Dodd-Frank financial law requires a 20 percent down payment to buy a house.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 1, 2011 in an interview on WKXL-AM in Concord, N.H.:
"If you threw a barbecue yesterday for the Memorial weekend, it was 29 percent more expensive than last year because Barack Obama's policies have led to groceries going up 29 percent."
False
By Jake Berry • June 27, 2011