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Latest Fact-Checks On Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 a written opening statement for a debate
Under President Barack Obama, "more Americans are in poverty ... than at any time since the Census Bureau began keeping records on it over 50 years ago."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was right that President Barack Obama’s health care bill created what "would, in effect, be death panels."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • October 28, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 7, 2011 a debate
Ben Bernanke has been the most "inflationary" chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • September 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2011 a Twitter post
"We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor."
Pants on Fire!
By M.B. Pell • August 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 a newspaper interview
Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 at a meeting arranged by the Small Business Caucus at the Kimball Jenkins House in Concord, N.H.
Says the new Dodd-Frank financial law requires a 20 percent down payment to buy a house.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 27, 2011 a television interview
Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has "exactly the same" challenges as Ronald Reagan’s successful 1980 bid.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 8, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 22, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
"On the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980, the top 13 people of Ronald Reagan’s staff quit."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM
Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a debate
"The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states."
True
By Eric Stirgus • June 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"A large number of the uninsured earn $75,000 or more a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 17, 2011 comments in various media outlets
On supporting the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 11, 2011 a presidential campaign announcement video
"For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 11, 2011 a campaign video
During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed
Says "some [states] with the largest reductions in crime have also lowered their prison population."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 5, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on March 23, 2011 televised interviews
On whether the United States should intervene in Libya.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 13, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
The Obama administration "actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on April 8, 2010 a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference
When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2010
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