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Latest Fact-Checks On Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 21, 2013 a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 5, 2013 a discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on March 11, 2012 an appearance on "Fox News Sunday"
Obama's secretary of energy, Dr. Steven Chu, "has said publicly he wants us to pay European levels (for gasoline), and that would be $9 or $10 a gallon."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 14, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech
Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 2, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 27, 2012 in a campaign appearance in Nashville.
Says that Rick Santorum "voted for the unions over FedEx."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • February 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 a radio interview
"The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce"  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 22, 2012 a televised address
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Cobb County
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 a radio interview
Says he was "exonerated in every single case" in 1990s ethics violations charges.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • February 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 21, 2012 remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary
Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 5, 2012 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 30, 2012 a speech in Tampa, Fla.
"Gov. Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens who were on Medicaid to save $5 a day."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 1, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 29, 2012 an interview
In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 30, 2012 a town hall in Jacksonville, Fla.
"The Obama administration ... would impose on every Catholic institution, every Jewish institution, every Protestant institution the Obamacare standard of what you have to buy as insurance." 
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 31, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 28, 2012 comments at a campaign event
Students today "take more years to get through" college.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 26, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.
"We balanced the budget with the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, and ultimately had four consecutive balanced budgets."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate
There are 86 languages spoken at Miami Dade College.
True
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential primary debate
Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 a video campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
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