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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on December 29, 2011 a video ad:
Rick Santorum "reformed welfare."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 28, 2011 a fundraising appeal:
"We don't take a dime from D.C. lobbyists or special-interest PACs -- never have and never will."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 a Web ad:
"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • January 3, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on December 29, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today" :
Says he has "been able to attract independents and Democrats to win" elections in Pennsylvania.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on December 27, 2011 a video ad:
"Newt balanced the federal budget."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.:
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 a TV ad airing in Iowa and Florida:
Says Newt Gingrich "supports amnesty for illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 27, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 a video ad:
"As speaker, Gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 27, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 19, 2011 a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa:
"No federal official at any level is currently allowed to say ‘Merry Christmas.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 a video ad:
Newt Gingrich "teamed with Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore on global warming."
True
By Molly Moorhead • December 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 18, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
Says Freddie Mac, electric co-ops and credit unions are all "government sponsored" enterprises.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 19, 2011
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on December 14, 2011 a speech welcoming home troops at Fort Bragg.:
Says President Obama "helped more than half a million veterans and military family members go to college through the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 19, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
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
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