Latest Fact-Checks By Bill Wichert

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 14, 2014 in his “State of the State” address:
"In the entire public school system in Camden last year, only three students graduated college ready."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 26, 2014
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on August 15, 2013 in a radio interview on “Focal Point with Bryan Fischer”:
Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 25, 2013
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on July 22, 2013 in a campaign ad:
"Every single month since 1985 has been warmer than the historic average. All 12 of the warmest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
True
By Bill Wichert • July 28, 2013
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on July 11, 2013 in an interview on NJToday:
"Most of the U.S. Senate is comprised of multimillionaires."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 25, 2013
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 2, 2013 in a campaign rally:
"We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 14, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 in a panel discussion on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”:
Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 10, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 29, 2013 in an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York:
Says the pension and health benefits reform "eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 7, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 4, 2013 in an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”:
Says "in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 6, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 22, 2013 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”:
Says "on the state level, we spend less today than Jon Corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2013
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor:
Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 31, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on January 8, 2013 in a radio interview:
Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • January 27, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview on bluejersey.com:
Says Chris Christie’s plan "to kick-start our economy" is to propose an "income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...he's still proposing it."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • January 24, 2013
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on December 31, 2012 in an interview on WOR-AM:
Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 13, 2013
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on December 27, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says "10 days after Hurricane Katrina, this chamber passed two separate bills amounting to $60 billion. It has been nearly two months since we had Superstorm Sandy, and nothing has passed."
True
By Bill Wichert • January 3, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 19, 2012 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”:
Says "our economy in New Jersey gets $38 billion from the businesses at the Shore."
False
By Bill Wichert • December 30, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 23, 2012 in a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 27, 2012
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on November 28, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
Says a new state report "confirms" that red-light cameras "lead to more accidents, more injuries and greater cost."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • December 6, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 3, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
Says in January 1992, George H. W. Bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first Gulf War."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • December 2, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on November 14, 2012 in a speech:
"For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • November 26, 2012
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