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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
By David Baumann • 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
By David Baumann • 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
By David Adams • 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
By David Baumann • 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
By David Baumann • 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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