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Instagram posts
stated on December 15, 2024 an Instagram post:

“The Pentagon has confirmed that the mysterious drones appearing across the globe are NOT of earthly origin.”

By Jeff Cercone • December 16, 2024

Chris Christie
stated on December 2, 2013 response to subpoenas being sent out over a bridge lane-closure controversy:

"The fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced."

By Caryn Shinske • December 22, 2013

Jeff Tittel
stated on February 22, 2013 an opinion column for NJToday.net:

"A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans."

By Caryn Shinske • April 7, 2013

Liberals Are Cool
stated on March 17, 2013 an Internet meme:

"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."

By Caryn Shinske • March 24, 2013

Barbara Buono
stated on January 13, 2013 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."

By Bill Wichert • January 24, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on November 7, 2012 a press conference :

Says "I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney."

By Caryn Shinske • November 11, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on September 30, 2012 an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press”:

"(Barack Obama) says he’s going to reduce the long-term debt and deficit by $4 trillion, doesn’t say how he's going to do it."

By Bill Wichert • October 4, 2012

Menendez Facts
stated on September 4, 2012 a blog:

"Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%."

By Erin O'Neill • September 17, 2012

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 14, 2012 a news release:

Says Reps. Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell are "willing to jeopardize seniors’ access to coverage by gutting $741 billion from Medicare" to pay for a "big-government healthcare takeover."

By Bill Wichert • August 19, 2012

Chain email
stated on July 10, 2012 a chain e-mail:

Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year."

By Bill Wichert • July 25, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:

Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift."

By Bill Wichert • July 19, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on May 23, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:

Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances."

By Bill Wichert • May 25, 2012

Chain email
stated on May 12, 2012 a chain e-mail:

Says President Barack Obama’s finance team is recommending a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."

By Erin O'Neill • May 16, 2012

Steve Rothman
stated on May 8, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:

Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas."

By Bill Wichert • May 14, 2012

Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2012 a post on Facebook:

"In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight."

By Erin O'Neill • April 15, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on March 15, 2012 a campaign e-mail:

Says under the new health care law "the patient-doctor relationship will be eliminated."

By Erin O'Neill • March 26, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on December 29, 2011 a radio interview:

Says "kids who start in the ninth grade in the city of Newark this past September, 23 percent of them will graduate in four years."

By Erin O'Neill • January 5, 2012

Chain email
stated on December 14, 2011 a chain e-mail:

"Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from Obama's past, saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc.? Not one person has ever come forward from his past."

By Bill Wichert • December 26, 2011

Bear Education and Resource Group
stated on December 6, 2011 a website:

"99% of NJ voters do NOT support hunting."

By Erin O'Neill • December 8, 2011

Chris Christie
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview:

Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."

By Bill Wichert • December 4, 2011

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