Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 in a debate in Arizona:
"Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 3, 2012 in a press release:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz "opposes the DREAM Act, which is supported by 85% of Latinos."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 21, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2012
Presente.org
Presente.org
stated on January 27, 2012 in a television ad:
"91 percent of Latinos support the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college," but Marco Rubio opposes it.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 in a television ad:
Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 24, 2012 in a television ad:
"Romneycare sent costs spiraling out of control" in Massachusetts, "hiking premiums, squeezing household budgets."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 24, 2012 in a prepared statement:
Says Mitt Romney "was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse" Marco Rubio.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 24, 2012 in a Republican debate in Tampa:
Says Newt Gingrich’s contract was with "the lobbyists at Freddie Mac."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 24, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 in a television ad:
"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on January 13, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Rick Santorum "voted to let convicted felons vote."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 17, 2012
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on January 9, 2012 in a hearing in Tallahassee:
Tampa is "the strip club capital of the world."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 13, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 10, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan provides "pretty much" the same coverage that members of Congress receive.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 8, 2012 in a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire:
Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and Florida:
Says Newt Gingrich "supports amnesty for illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 27, 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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a debate in Iowa:
"I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 23, 2011 in a press conference:
Newt Gingrich’s immigration plan offers "a new doorway to amnesty."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
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