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Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2022
Mitt Romney
stated on August 29, 2021 in a CNN interview:
The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
True
By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2021
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
On Donald Trump’s track record in business
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2016
Mitt Romney
stated on April 12, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Hillary Clinton “erased all of her emails even though they were subject to recall and review by Congress.”  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 12, 2015
Mitt Romney
stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe “as a gift to Russia.”
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 23, 2014
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2014 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
The federal health care law tells “the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have.”
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 5, 2014
Mitt Romney
stated on November 3, 2013 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2013
Mitt Romney
stated on October 30, 2012 in a Spanish-language TV commercial:
“Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency sent emails for Hispanic Heritage Month with a photo of Che Guevara.”
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Barack Obama “sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China” at the cost of American jobs.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 26, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
“Women in Barack Obama’s White House are earning less than men.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a debate:
Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign ad:
“Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a news release:
“6,400 Ohioans … lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September.”
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a foreign policy debate:
Says Barack Obama was silent on Iran “when the students took to the streets in Tehran and the people there protested, (and) the Green Revolution occurred.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
“Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
“Latin America’s economy is almost as big as the economy of China.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
“I went to the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
“The president said he was going to create daylight between ourselves and Israel.”
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says a university survey concluded his Massachusetts administration “had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America.”
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in town hall presidential debate:
“Regulations have quadrupled. The rate of regulations quadrupled under this president.”
False
By J.B. Wogan • October 18, 2012
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Latest Fact-Checks About Mitt Romney

Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on April 4, 2022 in a tweet:
Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Utah OFFICIALLY starts RECALL for Mitt Romney.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2021
Bloggers
stated on November 7, 2020 in a blog post:
“Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 9, 2020
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2020 in an image:
Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • September 23, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2020
Committee to Defend the President
stated on January 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Mitt Romney’s father “U.S. Senator George Romney, was a liberal Republican who had ties to Saul Alinsky, yes, the same dude who wrote the book, Rules For Radicals and dedicated to Satan.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2020
Viral image
stated on February 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says William Barr tweeted, “BREAKING NEWS Senator Mitt Romney is the only Republican Senator who voted to remove President Trump from office… IN A COMPLETELY UNRELATED STORY Senator Mitt Romney is also the only Republican Senator who has a son who sits on the board of a Ukrainian Energy Company.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 7, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the sons of Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and John Kerry are all on the boards of “energy companies doing business in Ukraine.”
False
By Daniel Funke • October 10, 2019
Liberals Are Cool
stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme:
“Q: What do these ‘Patriotic’ Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • March 24, 2013
Priorities USA Action
stated on November 2, 2012 in in a TV ad:
“Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant.”
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 5, 2012
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 31, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney “was director of a company that stole millions from Medicare.”
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2012
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
stated on October 31, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says Mitt Romney wants to “get rid of Planned Parenthood.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 26, 2012 in a mailer to voters:
Says “Romney supported a law that could have made most common forms of birth control illegal.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 2, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Says “Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations” on banks.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes “catastrophic cuts to education.”
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 30, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
Says Romney said “we should ask Pakistan for permission” to take a shot at Osama bin Laden.
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney “just gave a speech a few weeks ago” and said “we should still have troops in Iraq.”
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in the final debate:
Says Mitt Romney was clear that he “would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2012
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