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Latest Fact-Checks On Mike Huckabee

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Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 30, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.:
"Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • January 31, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.:
"Let's not blame President Bush for all of this. We've got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 31, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 25, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.:
"The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • January 25, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.:
Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 24, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 23, 2008:
"When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"I took on the worst road system in the country, according to Trucker's magazine. When I left, they said it was the most improved road system in the country."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • January 11, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
True
By Robert Farley • January 11, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 10, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan:
Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors."
True
By Bill Adair • January 10, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"I supported the surge when you didn't."
False
By Tom Tobin • January 6, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on December 30, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC.:
"...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads."
Half-True
By Neil Skene • January 3, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.:
Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
True
By Bill Adair • December 28, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates.
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • December 27, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 14, 2007 in interview on Fox News:
MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."
True
By Cristina Silva • December 3, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg:
Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 29, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 18, 2007 in an appearance on Fox News Sunday:
"Fred's never had a 100 percent record on right-to-life in his Senate career. The records reflect that. And he doesn't support the human life amendment, which is most amazing because that's been a part of the Republican platform since 1980."
Half-True
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 2, 2007 in a news release.:
"As governor of Arkansas, I cut taxes and fees almost 100 times, saving the taxpayers almost $380-million. I left a surplus of nearly $850-million."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on October 21, 2007 in Orlando:
The signers of the Declaration of Independence were "brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 23, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 2, 2007:
"The reality is, with a $2 trillion-a-year health care budget, we're spending more on health care, nearly 17 percent of our gross domestic product, versus 3.8 percent of GDP on the entire military budget."
Mostly False
By Michael Van Sickler • October 5, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 21, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC:
"He's sued gun manufacturers. He was supportive of Brady. He was supportive of things like assault weapon bans."
True
By Jody Kyle • October 3, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 30, 2007 in a television interview.:
"Sixty-one percent of our active military are currently listed as overweight."
Mostly True
By Josh Korr • September 19, 2007
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