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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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a debate in Iowa
"I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 16, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 a Web video.
"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."
Mostly True
By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
"In this country … we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill, Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa
"I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa
"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 12, 2011 a foreign policy debate with Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., Dec. 12, 2011
"The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam."
False
By John Gregg • December 14, 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
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 12, 2011 a debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.
"You look at defense … we're spending more than the rest of the world combined."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
"Only one president has ever cut Medicare for seniors in this country . . . Barack Obama."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
stated on December 9, 2011 a column in the New York Times
Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Iowa
Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, "put into place socialized medicine."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Iowa
Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
In 1993, Newt Gingrich "first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating" for it.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 30, 2011 a house party in New Hampshire
"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 6, 2011 a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.
"Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 16, 2011 an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph
"We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • December 8, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 6, 2011 an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren
Says the congressional ethics investigation against him was conducted by "a very partisan political committee" in a way that "related more to the politics of the Democratic Party than to ethics."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 3, 2011 a Republican presidential candidate forum
"I never favored cap and trade."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 7, 2011
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