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Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor is a former congressman who represented Virginia's 7th District from 2001 to 2014. He rose to House minority whip in 2009 and House majority leader in 2011. Cantor was upset by Dave Brat in the 2014 GOP primary for congress. He is now vice chairman and managing director of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank.      

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Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Cantor

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Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 29, 2014 a campaign email.
Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.
False
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 30, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 28, 2014 a campaign mailer
Senate immigration legislation is the "Obama-Reid plan to give illegal immigrants amnesty."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • May 28, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 22, 2014 a TV ad.
Dave Brat "worked on Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine’s Council of Economic Advisors while Kaine tried to raise our taxes by over $1 billion."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • April 28, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release.
"The CBO’s latest report confirms what Republicans have been saying for years now. Under Obamacare, millions of hardworking Americans will lose their jobs."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • February 7, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 2, 2013 a floor speech.
Under Obamacare, "The IRS will have access to the American people’s protected health care information."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • August 19, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal deficit is "growing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 23, 2013 a tweet
"Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? FAA could cut other spending."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 26, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 a speech.
"Over the last 20 years, the world has changed. It used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. Today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 12, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 19, 2013 a news release.
"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 a speech.
"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."
True
By Nancy Madsen • February 19, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on October 1, 2012 a debate.
On sequestration
Full Flop
By Sean Gorman • October 8, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 29, 2012 an email.
Wayne Powell has a "stated position of having no objection to taking `In God We Trust" off of U.S. currency."
True
By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on June 28, 2012 a TV interview.
Because of the health care act, "The people who have health care and like it in this county are not going to be able to keep what they have."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • July 16, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on March 16, 2012 a written statement.
President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 a news release.
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 14, 2011 a news conference.
The U.S. economy "is three times as big as China's."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • December 5, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on September 14, 2011 a blog post
The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 29, 2011 a TV interview.
On disaster aid offsets
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • September 2, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 1, 2011 a message on Twitter
"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 2, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on July 26, 2011 a TV interview.
"Harry Reid’s plan is basically giving the president a blank check."
False
By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Eric Cantor

Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 15, 2014 a statement on "This Week"
Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 15, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 3, 2014 a speech.
U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • June 6, 2014
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on May 9, 2014 a radio ad.
Eric Cantor "voted to fully fund Obamacare in October."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2014
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell
stated on October 1, 2012 a debate.
Eric Cantor "took $5 million from Sheldon Adelson," a Las Vegas casino owner.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • October 8, 2012
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell
stated on August 21, 2012 website posting.
"This year, Eric Cantor has received more money from oil companies than any other member of Congress."
False
By Nancy Madsen • August 27, 2012
Campaign for America's Future
Campaign for America's Future
stated on April 8, 2011 a TV ad.
Says "Congressman Eric Cantor wants to eliminate Social Security."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • April 14, 2011
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 31, 2011 a news release.
Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."
False
April 1, 2011
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