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Chris Christie

Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president and dropped out shortly before the Iowa caucus in January 2024. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 

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Latest Fact-Checks Of Chris Christie

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By Louis Jacobson, Grace Abels
December 19, 2023

Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”

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By Louis Jacobson
November 9, 2023

“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to…

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By Maria Ramirez Uribe
October 20, 2023

“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain…

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By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman
September 8, 2023

Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.

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By Amy Sherman
June 12, 2023

Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”

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By Louis Jacobson
May 6, 2021

"Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or…

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr.
July 20, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "said all work-related emails were sent back to the State Department. The FBI director said, that's not true."

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By Nadia Pflaum
July 20, 2016

Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "  

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By Jon Greenberg
January 29, 2016

Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."  

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By Amy Sherman
January 15, 2016

"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."    

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