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Latest Fact-Checks On Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 On Fox News
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Mostly False
October 5, 2022
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 23, 2017 an interview on Fox News
In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2017
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 May 21, 2017 an episode of "Fox and Friends"
Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • May 23, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 2, 2016 a radio interview.
"We adopted the modern Social Security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get Social Security."
True
By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 6, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Tyler Adkisson • November 6, 2016
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 July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
Says "Hillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde • July 21, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention
"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 27, 2016 a post on Twitter
"No one in American history has moved from a June 16 announcement to a May 26 winning of a majority. Trump's achievement is remarkable."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 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 April 26, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2015
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 December 15, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Every major city which has a center of poverty is run by Democrats. Every major city."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • December 15, 2013
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 24, 2013 on CNN's "Crossfire"
"(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • September 26, 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
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