Claim: Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.
Fact-check: Gingrich repeats claim that Freddie Mac, credit unions are 'government-sponsored enterprises'
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Jon Greenberg;Molly Moorhead
Date published: 2012-01-24T00:00:00