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Newt Gingrich stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:

Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.

By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead• January 24, 2012

Esquire magazine stated on August 10, 2010 in a magazine profile:

This year, Newt Gingrich "has raised as much money as Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Sarah Palin, and Mike Huckabee combined."

By Willoughby Mariano• August 15, 2010

Restore Our Future stated on December 20, 2011 in a video ad:

"As speaker, Gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions."

By Molly Moorhead• December 27, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on December 06, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren:

Says the congressional ethics investigation against him was conducted by "a very partisan political committee" in a way that "related more to the politics of the Democratic Party than to ethics."

By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on June 13, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:

If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.

By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano• June 14, 2011

Restore Our Future stated on December 14, 2011 in a television ad:

Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2012

Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2012 in a Republican debate in Tampa:

Says Newt Gingrich’s contract was with "the lobbyists at Freddie Mac."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 24, 2012

Newt Gingrich stated on May 30, 2009 in an e-mail:

Inside the stimulus package "is anti-Christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on Sundays, as well as Boy Scouts and student Bible study groups."

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• June 8, 2009

Newt Gingrich 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."

By John Gregg• December 14, 2011

Newt Gingrich 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.

By Jon Greenberg• December 19, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:

Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."

By Molly Moorhead• December 16, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on January 21, 2012 in remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary:

Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 12, 2012

Newt Gingrich stated on April 08, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference:

When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."

By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2010

Newt Gingrich stated on December 19, 2011 in a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa:

"No federal official at any level is currently allowed to say ‘Merry Christmas.’"

By Louis Jacobson• December 21, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on May 21, 2017 in an episode of "Fox and Friends":

Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."

By Lauren Carroll• May 23, 2017

Newt Gingrich stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."

By Louis Jacobson• December 20, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends':

Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."

By Joshua Gillin• June 28, 2017

Newt Gingrich stated on November 30, 2011 in a speech in Council Bluffs, Iowa:

People can use food stamps "for anything," including "to go to Hawaii," and even millionaires can qualify.

By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2011

Tammy Baldwin stated on May 30, 2012 in a memo to the media:

Says "Tommy Thompson's tax plan amounts to an average tax cut of almost $87,000 for the top 1 percent."

By Tom Kertscher• June 10, 2012

Make Us Great Again stated on December 21, 2011 in a video ad:

Says Newt Gingrich aligned with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.

By Molly Moorhead• December 23, 2011

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