All False statements involving Rick Santorum
When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."
"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."
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."
"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."
"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."
Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."
"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."
Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.
Says President Barack Obama "has put (up) a stop sign … against oil drilling, against any kind of exploration offshore or in Alaska."
"The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation."
"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."
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