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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 15, 2011 in a web ad posted on YouTube:
Says Joe Biden said Jon Corzine is "the smartest guy that I know, in terms of the economy and on finance, I really mean this."
True
By Erin O'Neill • December 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 19, 2011 in 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 in a video ad:
Newt Gingrich "teamed with Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore on global warming."
True
By Molly Moorhead • December 21, 2011
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on December 5, 2011 in in direct mail:
"The fact is, over 2.4 million jobs have been lost since the 'Stimulus' bill was signed into law in February of 2009."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • December 21, 2011
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on December 12, 2011 in a letter:
"[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2011
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 in a public forum:
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on December 12, 2011 in a speech:
Says Oregon canned blueberries will be cheaper in South Korea thanks to a trade agreement.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • December 20, 2011
Theresa Price
Theresa Price
stated on December 10, 2011 in a speech during a rally on homelessness:
"Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 20, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 18, 2011 in 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 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
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on December 14, 2011 in 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
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Democratic Natonal Committee advertisement:
Says it cost Massachusetts taxpayers $100,000 when Mitt Romney and his staff purchased computer hard drives.
False
By Jake Berry • December 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
A study says Massachusetts has lost 18,000 jobs because residents were required to obtain health insurance under an act signed into law by Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 19, 2011
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 8, 2011 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
"I've done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country."
True
December 19, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on December 9, 2011 in a news release:
"Following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on Wall Street in 2007.....Nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented."
False
By Bill Wichert • December 19, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on December 13, 2011 in a video:
"Wisconsin election officials to accept Mickey Mouse, Hitler signatures" on recall petitions.
Mostly False
December 18, 2011
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on December 6, 2011 in a telephone town hall meeting:
Says in 1944 "we were in debt more than twice as much as we are now."
False
By Erin O'Neill • December 18, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 in Fox News Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
Says Texas did not bail out a loan program he oversaw as state agriculture commissioner.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate.:
George Allen cast "the deciding vote" for the 2003 Bush tax cuts.
False
By Sean Gorman • December 17, 2011
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