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Romney Campaign Press Release - Politifact: Santorum Claims About Romney Record on Cap-and-Trade are "False"

February 16, 2012

"When he could have signed [cap-and-trade] into law, he declined. And more recently, Romney has repeatedly said he's opposed to it. And when asked for evidence of Romney's support for cap and trade, the Santorum campaign failed to produce any. We rate the claim False."

"Rick Santorum Ad Says Mitt Romney Favors Cap And Trade"

Politifact

Molly Moorhead

February 16, 2012

www.Politifact.com

Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.

Rick Santorum on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 in a video ad airing in Michigan

False

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Here, we're testing the claim that Romney supports cap-and-trade legislation to fight pollution.

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Santorum's ad says a machine-gun wielding Romney is firing mud to hide his own support of "job-killing cap and trade."

While Romney appears to have favored cap and trade in the past, his actions as governor better prove his skepticism of the policy than his support for it. When he could have signed it into law, he declined. And more recently, Romney has repeatedly said he's opposed to it. And when asked for evidence of Romney's support for cap and trade, the Santorum campaign failed to produce any. We rate the claim False.

Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - Politifact: Santorum Claims About Romney Record on Cap-and-Trade are "False" Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/299969

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