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Latest Fact-Checks On Phil Gingrey

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Phil Gingrey
stated on July 7, 2014 in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Amid the “crisis at our southern border,” there are “reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2014
Phil Gingrey
stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech:
U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was “partly right” that a woman’s body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn’t occur if…
False
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • January 16, 2013
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 14, 2012:
Medicare “premium support” backed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan “is not vouchers.”
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 17, 2012
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 7, 2012 in a Twitter post:
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent for 43 consecutive months, the longest stretch since the Great Depression.
True
By Eric Stirgus • September 14, 2012
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 28, 2012 in a radio interview:
The health care law is “the largest tax [increase] in the history of our country”
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2012
Phil Gingrey
stated on January 25, 2012 in a press statement:
Since President Barack Obama took office, “2 million more Americans are out of work.”
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012
Phil Gingrey
stated on December 28, 2011 in an online news story:
When Georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo IDs and made…
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 10, 2012
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 15, 2011 in a press release:
“[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years.”
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 15, 2011
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 1, 2011 in a press release:
Tax increases could “come into play” as a result of the debt ceiling deal.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 15, 2011
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 22, 2011 in a news conference:
Under last year’s health care reform, “a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy.”
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 2, 2011
Phil Gingrey
stated on December 16, 2010 in a state legislative committee meeting:
Under current U.S. immigration policy, “literally one person with a green card” can, in the extreme, bring in more than 270 of his relatives.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 18, 2011
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview:
The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles.
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2010