March 17, 2010 3:34 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gingrich Group Attacks Gingrich Tactic
On March 17, 2010, Newt Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future sent an email to supporters blasting self-executing rules as "blatantly unconstitutional." Yet as Speaker of the House, Gingrich "set new records" for the amount of self-executing rules, using them up 35% of the time in the 105th Congress.
March 15, 2010 11:31 am ET filed under Fact Check
American Solutions Repeats Tired Clean Energy Myths
In a "Solutions Insider" published on March 15, 2010, Newt Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future repeated the rightwing myth that clean energy legislation would "kill millions of jobs and raise costs for American families by thousands of dollars per year." In reality, investing in clean energy would boost America's economy by $111 billion and create up to 1.9 million jobs.
February 25, 2010 9:04 am ET filed under Blog
Gingrich Uses Nonprofit Group To Promote For-Profit Consulting Firm
February 11, 2010 10:08 am ET filed under Blog
Newt Gingrich Continues To Struggle With The Facts
February 10, 2010 8:52 am ET filed under Fact Check
Gingrich Falsely Claims The Shoe Bomber Was An American Citizen
During a Daily Show appearance on January 9, 2010, former Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized the Obama administration for reading Miranda rights to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the underwear bomber. Rejecting comparisons to the Bush administration's handling of the shoe bomber, Gingrich falsely claimed Richard Reid was an American citizen. In reality, he was a British citizen.
December 03, 2009 4:50 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gingrich Lies About White House Jobs Summit
During a December 2, 2009 appearance on Fox News' Hannity, former Speaker Newt Gingrich falsely claimed the White House Jobs Forum didn't include "a single small business," and the stimulus created "virtually no jobs." Both claims are blatant untruths.
December 03, 2009 3:35 pm ET filed under Video
Newt Gingrich Lies About White House Jobs Summit
October 22, 2009 1:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Jake Tapper Smacks Down The Likes Of Newt Gingrich Over Poll Results
October 20, 2009 5:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Gingrich Claims Washington Post/ABC News Poll Was "Deliberately Rigged"
September 30, 2009 3:58 pm ET filed under Blog
Newt's A Tease: First A Porn Company, Then A Strip Bar
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich seems to have gotten into the habit of leading companies in the adult entertainment industry to believe they won awards, then telling them "no."
September 11, 2009 2:41 pm ET filed under Blog
Newt Gingrich Awards Porn Studio "Pink Visual" With Entrepreneurship Award
August 26, 2009 2:06 pm ET filed under Blog
Gingrich Really Wants A Base On The Moon
August 19, 2009 2:13 pm ET filed under Blog
What A Difference A Month Makes: Gingrich Makes A U-Turn On End-Of-Life Care
On August 19, 2009, Newt Gingrich wrote a column for HumanEvents.com on how end-of-life counseling helped his father-in-law but should not be made available to all Americans...which is interesting because in July of 2009 he was a proponent of making end-of-life counseling available to all Medicare recipients.
August 19, 2009 2:05 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gingrich's Sudden Shift On End-Of-Life Care
On August 19, 2009, Newt Gingrich wrote a column on HumanEvents.com in which he argued against the government taking a role in end-of-life issues. However, just last month he argued that all Americans should receive end of life counseling.
August 17, 2009 11:48 am ET filed under Blog
Gingrich Op-Ed In Desperate Need Of Factual Information
In an August 16, 2009 opinion piece, Newt Gingrich took it upon himself to float several of the same conservative talking points about health insurance reform. However, those talking points don't hold a candle to the truth.
August 13, 2009 10:42 am ET filed under Video
Newt Gingrich Repeats Old Falsehoods About The American Clean Energy And Security Act
In an August 13, 2009 speech to the American Enterprise Institute, Newt Gingrich repeated previously-debunked conservative talking points on the American Clean Energy and Security Act. In reality, the bill would create jobs in every state and help America become more energy independent, all for less than a quarter per day.
August 13, 2009 10:38 am ET filed under Fact Check
Newt Gingrich Repeats Old Falsehoods About The American Clean Energy And Security Act
In an August 13, 2009 speech to the American Enterprise Institute, Newt Gingrich repeated previously-debunked conservative talking points on the American Clean Energy and Security Act. In reality, the bill would create jobs in every state and help America become more energy independent, all for less than a quarter per day.
August 12, 2009 11:23 am ET filed under Blog
Newt Gingrich's Letter Missing Important Element: Truth
August 07, 2009 4:04 pm ET filed under Blog
POLL: GOP Still Lacking Leadership
In light of another recent poll showing the GOP's lack of clear leadership, Media Matters Action Network took a look at who was perceived to be leading the Democrats when they were last in the minority. The results are telling.
August 06, 2009 2:00 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Oil and Gas Industries Fuel Unruly Townhall Meetings
During the congressional recess, Democratic lawmakers have been facing unruly mobs at town hall meetings in their districts. However, the protestors' outrage has been largely manufactured by front groups tied to the oil and energy industries.
July 31, 2009 2:37 pm ET filed under Blog
Report: Special Interests Fuel Newt Gingrich's American Solutions Group
A new exposé from Politico finds that Newt Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future is bankrolled by special interests and huge corporations while it fights to enact their agenda.
July 29, 2009 6:00 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gingrich Proposes A "Take Home Pay Raise" That Would Only Benefit The Wealthy
Today, former Speaker Newt Gingrich wrote a column titled "America Needs A Take-Home Pay Raise." Unfortunately, his plan would only help those who are already wealthy, without offering any solace to families and business hurting in today's economy.
July 17, 2009 11:03 am ET filed under Fact Check
Gingrich Grossly Distorts Health Care Study
During a July 16, 2009 appearance on Fox News' Hannity, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich misrepresented the results of a health care study conducted by the insurance company-funded Lewin Group (and got their name wrong, too).
June 25, 2009 12:21 pm ET filed under Fact Check
American Solutions Gets The Facts (And Our Name) Wrong
Attempting to rebut a Media Matters Action Network fact check, Newt Gingrich's coal-funded American Solutions for Winning the Future gets its facts - and our name - wrong.
June 22, 2009 4:51 pm ET filed under Fact Check
American Solutions Can't Solve Cap-And-Trade Math
On June 22, 2009, Newt Gingrich's organization, American Solutions for Winning the Future, launched a new ad attacking the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Featuring shaky black-and-white footage of a bridge collapsing, the ad clearly intends to frighten the public about the costs of the Democrats' cap-and-trade plan. But, predictably, Gingrich's group has its facts all wrong.
June 17, 2009 10:36 am ET filed under Blog
Gingrich Misquotes The Declaration Of Independence
In a new column, Newt Gingrich sums up his conservative values in one misquoted sentence from the Declaration of Independence.
June 09, 2009 4:29 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Newt vs. Reagan
Does Newt Gingrich believe Ronald Reagan's worldview was "intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous"? Apparently so.
June 03, 2009 11:43 am ET filed under Blog
Gingrich: I Shouldn't Have Called Sotomayor Racist, But She Still Is
After writing that "the word 'racist' should not have been applied" to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich used his entire column to make the case that President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court is, in fact, racist.
June 01, 2009 10:49 am ET filed under Fact Check
Newt Gingrich's Cap-And-Trade Video Spreads Falsehoods
On May 28, 2009, Newt Gingrich's organization, American Solutions for Winning the Future, posted a video asking its members to "Stop the Energy Tax." What the group should really do is stop spreading misinformation about the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
