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Latest Fact-Checks On Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
"No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
Mostly False
By Michael Van Sickler • November 28, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 25, 2007 an interview
"The truth of the matter is that during my administration, the FBI's crime statistics show that violent crime was reduced in Massachusetts by 7 percent."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2007
"Mayor Giuliani's lawsuit killed the line-item veto."
Mostly True
November 7, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 9, 2007 an interview on CNBC.
"John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending."
Half-True
November 7, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 2, 2007 a TV ad airing in New Hampshire.
"She hasn't run a corner store. She hasn't run a state. She hasn't run a city. She has never run anything."
Mostly False
By Michael Van Sickler • November 2, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 an interview
"We had a No Child Left Behind — a similar piece of legislation in our state a number of years ago, well before the federal law. And it's had a big impact here. It's improved schools."
True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 30, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 21, 2007 a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
President Clinton "reduced the scale of our military dramatically."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • October 22, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2007 a radio ad.
Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."
Mostly True
By Alex Leary • October 16, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 an interview on MSNBC
"I have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue, Ryan Kelly • October 5, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 an interview on MSNBC
"I don't think that Rudy or Fred or John McCain support the marriage amendment."
True
By Miranda Blue • October 5, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2007 Florida.
"It doesn't make sense to me to send $1-billion a day out of our country. We can be energy independent and should be."
Half-True
October 2, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 14, 2007 a campaign event carried on CNN.
"Mayor Giuliani made New York City what's known as a 'sanctuary city,' where illegal aliens were allowed to come. And he instructed the leaders of the city not to enforce the law, not to enforce immigration law."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • September 24, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2007 a television ad.
"The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes."
Half-True
September 21, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 26, 2007 a television ad.
"Took on the Olympics and turned them around"
Mostly True
September 18, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 5, 2007 a debate in Durham, N.H.
"The Z-visa that was offered in that Senate bill let everybody who's here illegally, other than criminals, stay here for the rest of their lives."
False
By Sasha Bartolf • September 6, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"(McCain) was opposed to ethanol. Now he's for it."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"(McCain) said he was opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade. Now he's for overturning Roe v. Wade."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2007
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