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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
"A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on March 6, 2012 an interview on NBC:
"Tonight in Ohio, more people came out to vote for Barack Obama in an unopposed race than voted for (Mitt) Romney and (Rick) Santorum combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2012 a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee:
Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.:
"If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • March 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech:
Says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech:
"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."  
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2012 a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:
Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • March 5, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 a campaign ad:
Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 2, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on February 29, 2012 a Web video advertisement:
"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 23, 2012 a television ad:
Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA."
True
By Molly Moorhead • February 29, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 25, 2012 an advertisement:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 23, 2012 Feb. 23, 2012, in a campaign ad:
Says "Rick Santorum supported (Arlen) Specter over conservative candidates twice."
True
By Becky Bowers • February 29, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 24, 2012 a Web ad:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 25, 2012 a speech in Troy, Mich.:
"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."
False
By Becky Bowers • February 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 a primary debate in Arizona:
"The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 27, 2012
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