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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 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
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"When I was born, less than 10 percent of the federal budget was entitlement spending. It's now 60 percent of the budget."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 17, 2012 a campaign event:
Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a video ad airing in Michigan:
Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 16, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a television ad:
"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 an ad against Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.:
"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a television ad:
"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a video ad:
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 15, 2012
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 10, 2012 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Barack Obama "endorsed a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 13, 2012
Jack Lew
Jack Lew
stated on February 12, 2012 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
"You can't pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2012 a briefing at the White House:
"Preventive care … saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a stump speech in Las Vegas:
President Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a speech in Las Vegas, Nev.:
"President Obama is shrinking our military."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
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 February 4, 2012 a speech in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2012:
"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2012 a campaign blog post:
On fundraising for super PACs
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • February 8, 2012
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