0 People 175 Fact-checks 56 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (175) Robin Vos stated on January 07, 2024 in TV interview: “The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.” By D.L. Davis• February 9, 2024 Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview: The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles. By Eric Stirgus• October 4, 2010 Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011 Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• April 30, 2012 Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video: Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China. By Jon Greenberg• October 25, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.” By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020 Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview: "General Motors is making record profits." By Caitlyn Rosen• October 25, 2019 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address: "(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker." By Becky Bowers• January 25, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." By Tom Kertscher• July 29, 2021 Mitt Romney stated on August 01, 2012 in a campaign commercial: "Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close." By Stephen Koff• August 2, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”: "(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2012 Michael Turner stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• September 24, 2013 Joe Biden stated on April 01, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview: "General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again." By Becky Bowers• April 9, 2012 Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks." By Katie Sanders• June 17, 2015 Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2019 in remarks to South Korean business leaders: "We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States." By Jon Greenberg• July 9, 2019 Mitt Romney stated on February 22, 2012 in a primary debate in Arizona: "The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW." By Molly Moorhead• February 27, 2012 Barack Obama stated on January 07, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." By Steve Contorno• January 22, 2015 Brian Deese stated on June 02, 2011 in a telephone news conference: "We've seen 115,000 jobs created in the American auto industry since GM and Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy." By Stephen Koff• June 9, 2011 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in a campaign video: By the time Obama took office, "The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone." By Molly Moorhead• March 19, 2012 Articles (56) Has GM settled its debt with the government? By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Are auto companies paid up with American taxpayers? By Robert Farley• May 26, 2011 James Carville says Barack Obama 'saved the auto industry' By Jon Greenberg• November 12, 2013 Did President Obama save the auto industry? By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2012 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020 Truth-O-Meter spent week detecting exaggerations By Willoughby Mariano• October 10, 2010 Mailbag: The 'Cars, SARS, and Bars Czar' By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 19, 2009 GOP convention: Fact checking the Ryan speech By Dave Umhoefer• August 30, 2012 Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Greatest hits from the Tampa and Charlotte conventions By Bill Adair• September 10, 2012 PolitiFact readers tell us what they think By Jim Tharpe• December 21, 2010 Wednesday night at the GOP convention: the running mate and more By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Are states in a bidding war over medical gear with the feds? By Amy Sherman• April 1, 2020 The tale of a falsehood, minute by minute By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 12, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 26, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 25, 2012 Perry calls Obama socialist, sets Truth-O-Meter aflame By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 9, 2012 In Context: Trump’s comments about treatment of suspects in police custody By John Kruzel• August 1, 2017 'Illegal Alien Facts' vs. the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2012 PolitiFact and Florida NBC and Telemundo stations announce bilingual fact-checking partnership By PolitiFact Staff • May 25, 2023
Robin Vos stated on January 07, 2024 in TV interview: “The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.” By D.L. Davis• February 9, 2024 Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview: The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles. By Eric Stirgus• October 4, 2010 Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011 Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• April 30, 2012 Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video: Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China. By Jon Greenberg• October 25, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.” By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020 Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview: "General Motors is making record profits." By Caitlyn Rosen• October 25, 2019 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address: "(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker." By Becky Bowers• January 25, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." By Tom Kertscher• July 29, 2021 Mitt Romney stated on August 01, 2012 in a campaign commercial: "Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close." By Stephen Koff• August 2, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”: "(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2012 Michael Turner stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• September 24, 2013 Joe Biden stated on April 01, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview: "General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again." By Becky Bowers• April 9, 2012 Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks." By Katie Sanders• June 17, 2015 Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2019 in remarks to South Korean business leaders: "We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States." By Jon Greenberg• July 9, 2019 Mitt Romney stated on February 22, 2012 in a primary debate in Arizona: "The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW." By Molly Moorhead• February 27, 2012 Barack Obama stated on January 07, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." By Steve Contorno• January 22, 2015 Brian Deese stated on June 02, 2011 in a telephone news conference: "We've seen 115,000 jobs created in the American auto industry since GM and Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy." By Stephen Koff• June 9, 2011 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in a campaign video: By the time Obama took office, "The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone." By Molly Moorhead• March 19, 2012
Has GM settled its debt with the government? By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Are auto companies paid up with American taxpayers? By Robert Farley• May 26, 2011 James Carville says Barack Obama 'saved the auto industry' By Jon Greenberg• November 12, 2013 Did President Obama save the auto industry? By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2012 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020 Truth-O-Meter spent week detecting exaggerations By Willoughby Mariano• October 10, 2010 Mailbag: The 'Cars, SARS, and Bars Czar' By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 19, 2009 GOP convention: Fact checking the Ryan speech By Dave Umhoefer• August 30, 2012 Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Greatest hits from the Tampa and Charlotte conventions By Bill Adair• September 10, 2012 PolitiFact readers tell us what they think By Jim Tharpe• December 21, 2010 Wednesday night at the GOP convention: the running mate and more By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Are states in a bidding war over medical gear with the feds? By Amy Sherman• April 1, 2020 The tale of a falsehood, minute by minute By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 12, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 26, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 25, 2012 Perry calls Obama socialist, sets Truth-O-Meter aflame By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 9, 2012 In Context: Trump’s comments about treatment of suspects in police custody By John Kruzel• August 1, 2017 'Illegal Alien Facts' vs. the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2012 PolitiFact and Florida NBC and Telemundo stations announce bilingual fact-checking partnership By PolitiFact Staff • May 25, 2023
