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Latest Fact-Checks On Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2015 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2015
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 a radio interview
"The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce"  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Cobb County
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 5, 2012 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa
"I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 12, 2011 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 December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 3, 2011 a Republican presidential candidate forum
"I never favored cap and trade."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 7, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 11, 2011 remarks at Mandester, N.H. campaign headquarters
"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 11, 2011 a presidential campaign announcement video
"For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 11, 2011 a campaign video
During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on April 8, 2010 a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference
When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2010