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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Santorum

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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation.":
"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."
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By Katharina Fiedler • April 13, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union.":
The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
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By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 26, 2012 an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report":
"Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
"A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a television ad:
"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.:
"Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
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By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012