PolitiFact | New Hampshire 2012

The Poynter Institute

English Español

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

I would like to contribute

True

0%

Mostly True

20%

Half True

0%

Mostly False

0%

False

0%

Pants on Fire

0%

All Fact-checks for New Hampshire 2012

New Hampshire Republican Party

stated on March 8, 2012 in a written statement.

Says former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter refused to host town hall meetings during her time in Congress.

true

barely-true

stated on January 4, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Peterborough, N.H.

"You can hire lots of bureaucrats. That’s what the president’s done. He’s added 135,000 people to the government workforce."

true

half-true

stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.

Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."

true

pants-fire

stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.

The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.

true

mostly-true

stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.

true

false

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.

true

barely-true

stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.

Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."

true

false

stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

"We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy."

true

pants-fire

stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."

true

half-true

stated on January 8, 2012 in a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire

Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."

true

false

stated on December 6, 2011 in a TV airing in Florida

Says he "helped save" the Olympic games.

true

mostly-true

stated on January 2, 2012 in a Web ad

"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."

true

half-true

stated on December 20, 2011 in a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.

"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."

true

mostly-true

stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa

Says Freddie Mac, electric co-ops and credit unions are all "government sponsored" enterprises.

true

pants-fire

Democratic National Committee

stated on December 6, 2011 in a Democratic Natonal Committee advertisement

Says it cost Massachusetts taxpayers $100,000 when Mitt Romney and his staff purchased computer hard drives.

true

false

Democratic National Committee

stated on December 6, 2011 in a Web video.

"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."

true

mostly-true

stated on December 12, 2011 in a foreign policy debate with Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., Dec. 12, 2011

"The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam."

true

false

stated on December 12, 2011 in a debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.

"You look at defense … we're spending more than the rest of the world combined."

true

barely-true

stated on November 30, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire

"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.

true

barely-true

stated on November 16, 2011 in an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph

"We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil."

true

barely-true