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Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 10, 2012 in a town hall in Grand Junction, Colo.:
The Obama administration "has been outsourcing" by sending money to "solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the United States."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 3, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"Mitt Romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing U.S. jobs to low-wage countries."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2012
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on July 8, 2012 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Mitt Romney "has a corporation in Bermuda (but) failed to disclose that on seven different financial disclosures."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 in prepared remarks:
" ‘Obamacare’ puts the federal government between you and your doctor."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2012
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 1, 2012 in on 'Meet the Press':
Under the health care law, "everybody will have lower rates, better quality care and better access."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 19, 2012 in a speech to the Business Roundtable in Frankenmuth, Mich.:
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 10, 2012 in a widely circulated posting:
"Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties in U.S. are illegals."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2012
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on June 15, 2012 in a news release:
Says President Obama's new immigration plan "is amnesty."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 4, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Peterborough, N.H.:
"You can hire lots of bureaucrats.  That’s what the president’s done.  He’s added 135,000 people to the government workforce."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2012 in a video ad:
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 5, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 in 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
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 30, 2011 in 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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 11, 2011 in remarks at Mandester, N.H. campaign headquarters:
"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 in a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board:
"It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on August 29, 2011 in a statement on the state Democratic website.:
Says Jon Huntsman supports changes in Medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 New Hampshire residents.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2011
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