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FactCheck.org has looked into Newt Gingrich’s claim that Barack Obama had put more people on Food Stamps than any President in American history and has found that it was false. More people we put on the EBT debit card program that replaced Food Stamps under George W. Bush than Obama.

Gingrich also failed to take into account that during Bush’s last year the amount of people receiving EBT tripled and the fact that while Bush inherited a $236 billion surplus from Bill Clinton, Obama inherited a $5 trillion deficit and a recession from Bush.

Fact Check.Org reports:

Newt Gingrich claims that “more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history.” He’s wrong. More were added under Bush than under Obama, according to the most recent figures.

But Gingrich goes too far to say Obama has put more on the rolls than other presidents. We asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition service for month-by-month figures going back to January 2001. And they show that under President George W. Bush the number of recipients rose by nearly 14.7 million. Nothing before comes close to that.

And under Obama, the increase so far has been 14.2 million. To be exact, the program has so far grown by 444,574 fewer recipients during Obama’s time in office than during Bush’s.

The economic downturn began in December 2007. In the 12 months before Obama was sworn in, 4.4 million were added to the rolls, triple the 1.4 million added in 2007.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CobaltBlu/ CobaltBlu

    Bring on the wing nut detractors. LoL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iwillbfree/ Iwillbfree

    THESE YANKEES ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO FUK OVER O’DRAMA!

    Like I said, I ain’t no demonRAT or rePOOPlikkkan, so I could care less. My concern is… they are lying, cheating and stealing (what they do best), to make sure O’Drama is a one term prez! Let’s not forget that Carter was a one term prez; therefore, you know, they want to make sure, this mullato only stays in the Black House for one term!

    THIS IS THESE BASTARDS MAIN CONCERN…to keep him out of the Black House another term!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/courtneyR/ courtneyR

    Of course its bulls**t ..Newt is full of bull#$#t.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zoser70/ zoser70

    Great article!!! We can expect all of these republican termites to LIE on Obama at every opportunity until election time…….these bums aren’t even relevant until one becomes the nominee.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zoser70/ zoser70

    Brotha man, most black folks could care less about political parties. Its about who is more likely to do more for us or address our interests. For instance, when the president helped the black farmers to settle their old 1.2 billion dollar distrimination suit.

    It didn’t happen under Clinton or both Bush’s, it happened under president Obama.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Queens11434/ 2Queens11434

    Yes, but under Obama, schools are serving four meals a day.

  • Anonymous

    Now if you STILL want this no good MF to rep YOU andthe country, something is WRONG with youuuu……

  • Anonymous

    If Obama was a white man, AMERIKKA would be singing his praises! Kinda hope Newt Gingrich get the nomination would be easier to beat, because he has that since of “entitlement” just like McCain! 3 wives left one on her deathbed with cancer, says alot about his character! IJS

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AHCU2MDEEOIONFPXCTV3WAFHCY Casper

    More people were put on the EBT debit card program that replaced Food Stamps under George W. Bush than Obama.

    Gingrich also failed to take into account that during Bush’s last year the amount of people receiving EBT tripled and the fact that while Bush inherited a $236 billion surplus from Bill Clinton, Obama inherited a $5 trillion deficit and a recession from Bush.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CobaltBlu/ CobaltBlu

    At least they’re getting fed. That should be a good thing. Right?

  • http://www.facebook.com/hevansspeedy Speedy Evans

    sounds like newt was the foodstamp speaker of the gop…an W was the welfare prezz on all times..newts a lier & a cheater

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Queens11434/ 2Queens11434

    Their mamas and papas should be feeding them!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CobaltBlu/ CobaltBlu

    It beats starving.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jayevans20/ jayevans20

    The bad thing about it is that I hope he wins the Klan nomination. It would be just another landslide in November.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Queens11434/ 2Queens11434

    They getting $200 a month per child in food stamps also? I don’t see any black children running around looking like Biafrans.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Queens11434/ 2Queens11434

    They getting $200 a month per child in food stamps also? I don’t see any black children running around looking like Biafrans.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CobaltBlu/ CobaltBlu

    There you have it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TK6BLIZ5GECAAXLJCR2VNW7BNQ Mau-ee

    It look like the “pillsbury doughboy” (newt leroy) has not missed any meals! Maybe he gets food stamps-but one thing for sure-the people that benefit most from the food stamp program are not the poor people who are eligible for them-but the Agriculture Dept. & lobbyists for them. What the poor people get in food stamps-are just a “drop in the bucket” compared to the “corporate thugs”. So I guess newt & the repubs would just let people starve.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DanaTaylorBJJ/ DanaTaylorBJJ

    Finally, some decent journalism from NEWSONE.

  • Anonymous

    So, what else is new? We knew this fat motherfcking adulterer was talking out of the side of his rotund mouth. But that plays to the anger and paranoia of the Anglo-Saxon, so all of the reTHUGlicans, even the Black Walnut, will bump their collective gums about what they think we get due to the largess of Anglo-Saxon tax dollars. The bad thing is that we’re talking about a bunch of people, konservative Anglo-Saxons, who believe more in the information that comes out of Roger Ailes’s ass then what has been scientifically gleaned

  • Anonymous

    Although I would hope so, but we have to realize that the GOBP’s power is that they are able to get poor and working class Anglo-Saxons to vote against their own economic best interest. When you throw their racist paranoia into to mix, well let’s just say 44 (Obama) had better campaign as well as he sings

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iwillbfree/ Iwillbfree

    Its about who is more likely to do more for us or address our interests.
    ===============================================

    Look-a-here, NONE OF THESE PARTIES give a damn about Black folk’s interest! All these serpents want is for Black people to vote them into office, so these parties can continue to ‘ARGUE’ with each other for another 4 years and GET PAID FOR IT!

    WAKE-UP, THESE POLITRICKSTERS ONLY WANT YOUR VOTE, SO THEY CAN REMAIN IN OFFICE!

    I know a psychologist, who MAY be able to help you OVERstand this!

  • Anonymous

    He repeated this lie in his SC victory speech tonight. His rhetoric is incredibly divisive; zero civility but plenty of red meat. I think this appealed to South Carolina’s low-information voter crowd, as evidenced by the howls from the crowd tonight as Newt outlined an America where Republicans are the real Anericans, and Obama and the Dems the enemy.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3IA7JCKK2LYPWIBXOWOWRPQG3Y Kenneth Allen

    You really need to get a life. Learn some respect while you are at it, that is if you can learn. Your White Sheet is showing in your comment.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/KNTNTMEYM6P7LN53ZOLQO34BNI Mike

    Well, let’s put this into perspective. “W” had 2 terms in office to accucmulate his numbers in this comparison. Where are the numbers from just Bush’s first 4 years compared to Obama’s first 3.5 years. I’ll also go out on a limb here and predict that Obama does get another term, those food stamp receipiants numbers will far exceed Bush’s total at the end of 2 terms.

  • Peter Gatliff

    Any person believing anything put out by good old boy Newt doesn’t need to be in a voting booth.

  • Anonymous

    You don’t read too well do you? It said in Baby Bush’s last year the number tripled. Bush set all this up for Obama.

  • will R

    I notice how both black and whites on this site are racist yet begging for eqaulity, hmmm….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/toocoldscorpio/ toocoldscorpio

    Exactly, but no one says that and I’m sure that most of the whites that Gingrich is race bating to don’t know that fact.

  • Anonymous

    It is even sad that people have to be on welfare …..

  • Anonymous

    Who is begging,you ???

  • labman57

    Criticizing the Obama Administration for providing food stamps to families in need is akin to demonizing the Red Cross for providing food and shelter to survivors of an earthquake or tornado.

    There is a fundamental disconnect in the “cause and effect relationship” logic of these conservative, non-empathetic, chest-thumping politicians and pundits.

    Furthermore, the presumption that only unemployed people need food stamps is completely baseless and perpetuates the ignorance-based stereotype of people in need as being lazy parasites on society — no doubt a deliberate tactical decision by the callous Gingrich.

    Suggesting that food stamp usage is a “black issue” is equally absurd. Does Newt also regard HIV as a “gay issue”? Immigration as a “Hispanic issue”? Terrorism as an “arab issue”?

  • Anonymous

    Naturally, the Republicans make claims against the President and their foes which on the surface sound reasonable to their supporting base but have no actual basis in truth. This is unfortunately par for the course in politics, for all sides. This why we need an intelligent, educated and informed electorate capable of discerning fact from fiction.

  • http://twitter.com/Carolbaut Carol Dijkhuyzen

    Amoral & delusional ‘lunarcy Newt!is emuliating his supporter,the quitter loon Palin…

  • FleeingOhio

    Don’t care who did it. Let’s get them OFF of food stamps. Tired of paying for deadbeats.

  • mcphedrain gregg

    way to blame bush – can’t have poor old ‘barry’ be ‘responsible’ for one damn thing hes’ done the last three years =- all his decisions – BUSH’S – anything went wrong – Congress – awesome the man isn’t even responsible for the 14 million in vacations he’s racked up pretending not to smoke like a chimney!!!

  • mcphedrain gregg

    boo hoo mitch worked for his money and welfare won’t get you that kind of chedder… life is unfare (this article is race baiting and this paper – as slanted a Detroit city council meeting)

  • mcphedrain gregg

    obama is to Freedom what Cancer is to weight loss

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/catt11mann/ catt11mann

    Obama , only claim to fame , saving auto industry , saving Chrysler auto , that is 52% owned by Fiat, that cost billions to tax payers, and still has a outstanding debt. and killing Bin Laden and pirates.
    Other side 43% Americans getting government benefits, 23% of Black America unemployed, $5.00 gas,a weakened military and country,a failed foreign policy,a weak domestic policy,citizens rights under attack(NDAA),religious rights being attacked,16 trillion in debt. 4 trillion when he came into office -3.5 years 12 trillion by Obama-2 trillion unaccounted for (Wall Street )and back door amnesty for illegal immigrants, just a small portion of failures.
    Bush, last 4 years both senate and congress were demonic crates, they pushed for the housing program that got this country into this mess, i will say Obama vote against the programs that extended loans to people not qualified.
    Bush had 8 years to put 14 million on food stamps , Obama has done it in 3.5 years.
    After 3.5 years the Bush era is over and it became Obama time, no excuses, or blame , just deal with it.
    No Obama in 2012!

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