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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 27, 2017 an appearance on 'Fox & Friends':
Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 28, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly:
In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 19, 2016 in a Facebook post and video:
Hillary Clinton said, "with a straight face, that the terrorist attacks this weekend were caused by Donald J. Trump"
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • September 23, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 28, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg." 
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 30, 2015
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 30, 2013 a comment on CNN's "Crossfire":
Shutdowns are "a normal part of the constitutional process," with 12 shutdowns under Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill and two during his own speakership.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 21, 2013 a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 5, 2013 a discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 27, 2012 in a campaign appearance in Nashville.:
Says that Rick Santorum "voted for the unions over FedEx."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • February 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 21, 2012 remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary:
Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 a video campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a debate in Iowa:
"I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 5, 2011 the Texas Patriots PAC debate in The Woodlands, Texas:
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could "pay for" health care reform.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 9, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Washington, D.C.:
In Chile "they have 72 percent of the GDP in savings."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • November 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 a written opening statement for a debate:
Under President Barack Obama, "more Americans are in poverty ... than at any time since the Census Bureau began keeping records on it over 50 years ago."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"A large number of the uninsured earn $75,000 or more a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate:
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
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By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
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