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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 16, 2012 a debate in South Carolina
Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.
False
By Molly Moorhead • January 19, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Mitt Romney has 15 homes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.
Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."
False
By Becky Bowers, Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill, Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 8, 2012 a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire
Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2012 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 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
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 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
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
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney has changed his position on supporting the TARP program.
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 30, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 23, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 11, 2011 remarks at Mandester, N.H. campaign headquarters
"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 remarks at the Cornerstone Action Dinner in Manchester, N.H.
Under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough."
False
By Jake Berry • November 15, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 6, 2011 an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour
"Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 10, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an op-ed in USA Today
Repealing the health care law "would save $95 billion in 2016."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 1, 2011 a Fox television interview
"Thirty million Americans, including a lot of people in Florida, are going to be able to get healthcare next year because of that law."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 25, 2011 a speech at a fundraiser
"I made a bunch of these promises during the campaign. ... We've got about 60 percent done in three years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2011
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