Latest Fact-Checks In New Jersey

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Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on January 8, 2013 a radio interview
Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • January 27, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 a State of the State address
Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on December 11, 2012 a video advertisement
"I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • December 20, 2012
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on November 28, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on November 4, 2012 a campaign rally
Says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • November 12, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 24, 2012 a campaign event in New Hampshire
Says New Jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because Democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 29, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV
Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 25, 2012 a campaign event in New Hampshire
"The income tax that started at 2 percent under Governor Byrne is now 9 percent."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 3, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 24, 2012 a news conference
Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 1, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 the keynote address at the Republican National Convention
Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
Says "taxes were raised 115 times in the eight years before I became governor" and those increases were part of a "path that led to wealth and jobs and people leaving our state."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
Says they said "it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 20, 2012 a news conference
"I haven't raised taxes in the time I've been the governor of New Jersey."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 23, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on August 9, 2012 an interview with Blue Jersey
Says "about 100,000 kids in this country leave their home state and go to another state to be educated. Out of that 100,000 young people, 30,000 of them are from New Jersey, by far the largest amount."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 16, 2012
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on August 1, 2012 a news release
"(The Tax Policy Center) found that Romney would raise taxes on the average middle class family by $2,000 to pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 12, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on July 30, 2012 an op-ed on NorthJersey.com
"Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 6, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on July 20, 2012 an e-mail newsletter
"As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire, unnecessary tragedies."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 2, 2012 a speech before the state Legislature
Says "our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • July 4, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on May 3, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
"Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • May 11, 2012
BettyLou DeCroce
BettyLou DeCroce
stated on April 8, 2012 n opinion column in the Gloucester County Times
"While the country’s economy was battered, nine states with no income tax actually grew jobs from 2001 to 2010."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • April 16, 2012
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