Latest Fact-checks in New Hampshire 2012 David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent. Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate: Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.: When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up." Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today." Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama’s health care mandate. Herman Cain stated on October 12, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas." Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire: "These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans." Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation." Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate: Says he "came to the Republican Party sooner in age" than Ronald Reagan. Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate: "Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy." Bernie Sanders stated on October 4, 2011 in an interview with MSNBC: "Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United States of America." David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996." Gary Johnson stated on September 19, 2011 in a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board: "It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees." Gary Johnson stated on September 19, 2011 in an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.': Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs. Rick Perry stated on September 16, 2011 in answer to questions.: Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms. New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 4, 2011 in a news release: "Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions. New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 17, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph.': Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 29, 2011 in a statement on the state Democratic website.: Says Jon Huntsman supports changes in Medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 New Hampshire residents. Mitt Romney stated on August 15, 2011 in a town hall in Litchfield, N.H.: Says that 500,000 federal workers -- one-fourth of the federal workforce -- make more than $100,000 a year. Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history." Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.: Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects. Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.: Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform. Jon Huntsman stated on July 26, 2011 in a speech at Dartmouth College.: China is or soon will be "the largest English-speaking nation" in the world. Jon Huntsman stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.: There are 500 million Internet users "and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. … So you’ve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent." Mitt Romney stated on August 8, 2011 in a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club: Says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that "at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion." Ron Paul stated on July 18, 2011 in a television campaign ad: "In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes." Jon Huntsman stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H. : The United States has "the longest surviving constitution." Buddy Roemer stated on July 20, 2011 in candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H. : Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent. Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate: Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.: When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up." Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today." Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama’s health care mandate. Herman Cain stated on October 12, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas." Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire: "These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans." Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation." Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate: Says he "came to the Republican Party sooner in age" than Ronald Reagan. Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate: "Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy." Bernie Sanders stated on October 4, 2011 in an interview with MSNBC: "Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United States of America." David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996." Gary Johnson stated on September 19, 2011 in a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board: "It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees." Gary Johnson stated on September 19, 2011 in an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.': Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs. Rick Perry stated on September 16, 2011 in answer to questions.: Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms. New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 4, 2011 in a news release: "Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions. New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 17, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph.': Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 29, 2011 in a statement on the state Democratic website.: Says Jon Huntsman supports changes in Medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 New Hampshire residents. Mitt Romney stated on August 15, 2011 in a town hall in Litchfield, N.H.: Says that 500,000 federal workers -- one-fourth of the federal workforce -- make more than $100,000 a year. Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history." Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.: Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects. Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.: Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform. Jon Huntsman stated on July 26, 2011 in a speech at Dartmouth College.: China is or soon will be "the largest English-speaking nation" in the world. Jon Huntsman stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.: There are 500 million Internet users "and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. … So you’ve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent." Mitt Romney stated on August 8, 2011 in a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club: Says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that "at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion." Ron Paul stated on July 18, 2011 in a television campaign ad: "In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes." Jon Huntsman stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H. : The United States has "the longest surviving constitution." Buddy Roemer stated on July 20, 2011 in candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H. : Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent.
Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate: Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."
Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.: When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up."
Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama’s health care mandate.
Herman Cain stated on October 12, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax."
Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas."
Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire: "These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans."
Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate: Says he "came to the Republican Party sooner in age" than Ronald Reagan.
Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate: "Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in."
Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 4, 2011 in an interview with MSNBC: "Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United States of America."
David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."
Gary Johnson stated on September 19, 2011 in a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board: "It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees."
Gary Johnson stated on September 19, 2011 in an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.': Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.
Rick Perry stated on September 16, 2011 in answer to questions.: Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms.
New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 4, 2011 in a news release: "Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions.
New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 17, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph.': Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school."
New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on August 29, 2011 in a statement on the state Democratic website.: Says Jon Huntsman supports changes in Medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 New Hampshire residents.
Mitt Romney stated on August 15, 2011 in a town hall in Litchfield, N.H.: Says that 500,000 federal workers -- one-fourth of the federal workforce -- make more than $100,000 a year.
Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.: Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.
Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.: Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform.
Jon Huntsman stated on July 26, 2011 in a speech at Dartmouth College.: China is or soon will be "the largest English-speaking nation" in the world.
Jon Huntsman stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.: There are 500 million Internet users "and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. … So you’ve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent."
Mitt Romney stated on August 8, 2011 in a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club: Says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that "at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion."
Ron Paul stated on July 18, 2011 in a television campaign ad: "In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes."
Jon Huntsman stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H. : The United States has "the longest surviving constitution."
Buddy Roemer stated on July 20, 2011 in candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H. : Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
