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Latest Fact-Checks On Chris Christie

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 28, 2016 the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa
Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network
"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."    
False
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.
The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 19, 2012 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
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 an interview on "CBS This Morning"
Says Chris Christie was the "first governor in America to endorse" Mitt Romney.
False
By Bill Wichert • September 3, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor."
False
By Erin O'Neill • August 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 23, 2012 a news conference
"What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 9, 2012 a speech at the Brookings Institution
"I used my line-item veto authority to veto $360 million dollars in special interest spending, so that our budget this year ... is still smaller than the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 budgets signed by my predecessor."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 23, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 9, 2012 an appearance at the Brookings Institution
"New Jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when Christie Whitman left office in January of 2001, and I think that’s good. And we did it without any layoffs. We did it through attrition."
False
By Bill Wichert • July 16, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 9, 2012 a speech at the Brookings Institution
Says New Jersey’s tenure law "has now been reformed to say that if teachers get two years of partially effective or ineffective ratings they lose tenure."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 12, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 15, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country."
False
By Bill Wichert • June 24, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 6, 2012 a town hall meeting
"When I was U.S. Attorney we wound up putting 10 percent of the state Legislature in jail during my seven years."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 11, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 an interview on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight”
Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years."
False
By Erin O'Neill • March 4, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 31, 2012 a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5's "Ask the Governor"
"Here's something that people never talk about with coach Schiano: Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America."
False
By Erin O'Neill • February 12, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 1, 2011 a news conference
Says Democrats cut $35 million from the state budget for Information Technology improvements.
False
By Bill Wichert • August 4, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 16, 2011 a television interview on On the Line
"Only the State of New York spends more money on Medicaid than the State of New Jersey."
False
By Bill Wichert • July 5, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
"For a young man or woman who is entering the ninth grade in Newark this year, they have a 29 percent graduation rate."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 15, 2011