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Latest Fact-Checks On Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a victory speech in Las Vegas on Feb. 4, 2012
"Three years ago, a newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved his plan to borrow nearly a trillion dollars, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a tweet
"More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa
"We’re $15 trillion now in debt, with a president that’s racked up as much debt as almost all of the other presidents combined."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 7, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • December 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington
"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 23, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 29, 2011 a campaign video.
President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 10, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
"I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.
"Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance --  they can go to the hospital and get free care."
Mostly False
By Dan Gorenstein • July 22, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 a town hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.
During his first year, President Obama said he "was going to visit Kim Jong-ll and Ahmadinejad and Assad and Chavez – the worst actors in the world."
Mostly False
By Josh Rogers • July 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 28, 2008 West Palm Beach, Fla.
"Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
Mostly False
January 28, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 6, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 6, 2007 College Station, Texas
"I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 28, 2007
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 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
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