The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rick Santorum says defense spending has fallen since 1958 as percent of federal budget During the Feb. 22, 2012, presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz., Rick Santorum offered some historical comparisons of the federal budget. "When I was born" -- which was 1958 -- "less than 10 percent of the federal budget wa […]
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Rick Santorum says you can’t “name one time in the last 20 years that the French stood by us with anything” At a presidential campaign event in Georgetown, Ohio, on Feb. 17, 2012, Rick Santorum took a shot at France. President Barack Obama, Santorum said, "actually went to France a year or so ago and was with Nic […]
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Rick Santorum ad says Mitt Romney favors cap and trade Here’s the visual: Mitt Romney is armed and tearing through an empty warehouse, firing on his target, Rick Santorum. It's not the real Mitt Romney; it's a look-alike. Santorum is a cardboard cutout, and the ammo in the gun is mud. The Santorum campaign ad, " […]
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | In "Rombo" ad, Rick Santorum says Mitt Romney adviser equated Massachusetts health care law with Obama's In the run-up to the Michigan primary, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum released a television ad titled "Rombo" that portrayed rival Mitt Romney as a gun-toting mudslinger. In t […]
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