Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Mitt Romney says the Iranians released hostages in 1981 because they feared Ronald Reagan’s approach to foreign policy

March 7, 2012

Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan…

Santorum says when his grandfather came to the U.S. in 1925, ‘there were no government benefits’

March 6, 2012

"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."  

Ad accuses Mitt Romney of leaving ‘Massachusetts $1 billion dollars in debt’

March 2, 2012

Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."

DNC ad says that ‘under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high

March 2, 2012

"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."

Ron Paul says Rick Santorum ‘opposes right-to-work’

March 1, 2012

Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"

NRCC ad blames Barack Obama for food stamp use rising by 13,000 a day

February 29, 2012

"Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps."

NRCC ad says 1,500 jobs lost daily since President Barack Obama took office

February 28, 2012

"Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."

Rick Santorum calls Barack Obama a ‘snob’ for wanting ‘everybody in America to go to college’

February 27, 2012

"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."

Rick Santorum says “90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted”

February 27, 2012

After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."

Newt Gingrich says U.S. may have ‘three times as much oil’ as Saudi Arabia

February 24, 2012

One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."

Rick Santorum says over 40 percent of children are born out of wedlock

February 24, 2012

"Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock."

Rick Santorum charts explosion of federal entitlement spending since 1958

February 23, 2012

"When I was born, less than 10 percent of the federal budget was entitlement spending. It's now 60 percent of the budget."

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