Latest Fact-checks on Rick Santorum Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 13, 2020 en on CNN: "The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China." Rick Santorum dicho el Septiembre 3, 2017 en a CNN interview: "We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 31, 2017 en a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up." Rick Santorum dicho el Octubre 31, 2015 en a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2015 en an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2015 en an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Rick Santorum dicho el Junio 7, 2015 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 10, 2015 en a speech to the NRA: Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 5, 2015 en an interview on "Face the Nation.": "Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 5, 2015 en an interview on "Face the Nation.": Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree." Rick Santorum dicho el Noviembre 23, 2014 en an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country." Rick Santorum dicho el Julio 13, 2014 en a "Meet the Press" pundit panel: "We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)" Rick Santorum dicho el Julio 13, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law." Rick Santorum dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a speech at the Republican National Convention: President Obama’s education "solution" includes an effort to "nationalize curriculum." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a convention speech: Says President Obama has waived "the work requirement for welfare." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 2, 2012 en in a speech in Wisconsin: "I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 26, 2012 en an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report": "Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 25, 2012 en a campaign appearance in Wisconsin: Says Mitt Romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 10, 2012 en a op-ed posted on his website: President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio: After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio: "A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.: "If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a campaign speech: Says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a campaign speech: "When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 19, 2012 en a speech: "[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 23, 2012 en a television ad: Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 19, 2012 en a speech : Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 25, 2012 en a speech in Troy, Mich.: "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
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Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 13, 2020 en on CNN: "The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China." Rick Santorum dicho el Septiembre 3, 2017 en a CNN interview: "We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 31, 2017 en a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up." Rick Santorum dicho el Octubre 31, 2015 en a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2015 en an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2015 en an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Rick Santorum dicho el Junio 7, 2015 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 10, 2015 en a speech to the NRA: Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 5, 2015 en an interview on "Face the Nation.": "Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 5, 2015 en an interview on "Face the Nation.": Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree." Rick Santorum dicho el Noviembre 23, 2014 en an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country." Rick Santorum dicho el Julio 13, 2014 en a "Meet the Press" pundit panel: "We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)" Rick Santorum dicho el Julio 13, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law." Rick Santorum dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a speech at the Republican National Convention: President Obama’s education "solution" includes an effort to "nationalize curriculum." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants." Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a convention speech: Says President Obama has waived "the work requirement for welfare." Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 2, 2012 en in a speech in Wisconsin: "I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 26, 2012 en an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report": "Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 25, 2012 en a campaign appearance in Wisconsin: Says Mitt Romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 10, 2012 en a op-ed posted on his website: President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio: After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them." Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio: "A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.: "If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a campaign speech: Says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a campaign speech: "When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 19, 2012 en a speech: "[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 23, 2012 en a television ad: Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 19, 2012 en a speech : Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution." Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 25, 2012 en a speech in Troy, Mich.: "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 13, 2020 en on CNN: "The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China."
Rick Santorum dicho el Septiembre 3, 2017 en a CNN interview: "We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country."
Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 31, 2017 en a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."
Rick Santorum dicho el Octubre 31, 2015 en a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2015 en an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2015 en an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
Rick Santorum dicho el Junio 7, 2015 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage."
Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 10, 2015 en a speech to the NRA: Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America."
Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 5, 2015 en an interview on "Face the Nation.": "Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."
Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 5, 2015 en an interview on "Face the Nation.": Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."
Rick Santorum dicho el Noviembre 23, 2014 en an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."
Rick Santorum dicho el Julio 13, 2014 en a "Meet the Press" pundit panel: "We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)"
Rick Santorum dicho el Julio 13, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law."
Rick Santorum dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a speech at the Republican National Convention: President Obama’s education "solution" includes an effort to "nationalize curriculum."
Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."
Rick Santorum dicho el Agosto 28, 2012 en a convention speech: Says President Obama has waived "the work requirement for welfare."
Rick Santorum dicho el Abril 2, 2012 en in a speech in Wisconsin: "I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."
Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 26, 2012 en an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report": "Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate."
Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 25, 2012 en a campaign appearance in Wisconsin: Says Mitt Romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline."
Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 10, 2012 en a op-ed posted on his website: President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts."
Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio: After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
Rick Santorum dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio: "A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.: "If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do."
Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a campaign speech: Says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent."
Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 29, 2012 en a campaign speech: "When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."
Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 19, 2012 en a speech: "[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."
Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 23, 2012 en a television ad: Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA."
Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 19, 2012 en a speech : Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."
Rick Santorum dicho el Febrero 25, 2012 en a speech in Troy, Mich.: "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
