Latest Mostly True 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 stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.": "Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business." Rick Santorum stated on May 11, 2014 in 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 stated on March 26, 2012 in an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report": "Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate." Rick Santorum stated on March 6, 2012 in 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 stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.: "When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent." Rick Santorum stated on February 14, 2012 in a television ad: "Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare." Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.: "Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
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Rick Santorum stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.": "Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business." Rick Santorum stated on May 11, 2014 in 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 stated on March 26, 2012 in an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report": "Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate." Rick Santorum stated on March 6, 2012 in 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 stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.: "When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent." Rick Santorum stated on February 14, 2012 in a television ad: "Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare." Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.: "Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
Rick Santorum stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.": "Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."
Rick Santorum stated on May 11, 2014 in 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 stated on March 26, 2012 in an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report": "Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate."
Rick Santorum stated on March 6, 2012 in 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 stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.: "When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."
Rick Santorum stated on February 14, 2012 in a television ad: "Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.: "Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
