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Latest Fact-Checks On Chris Christie

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 23, 2012 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program
Says he and President Barack Obama have the same position on gay marriage.
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • March 25, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech
Says private-sector job growth in 2011 "places New Jersey in the top third among all of the states."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 17, 2012 a video
Says "we’ve accomplished balancing two budgets without raising taxes. We’ve now created 60,000 new private-sector jobs. We’ve made government smaller."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • January 17, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 19, 2011 a radio interview
Says "these ‘Jersey Shore’ folks, they’re from New York."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 21, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 4, 2011 a press conference
Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • October 4, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 2, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 10, 2011 a news conference in Belmar
"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 21, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 12, 2011 a radio ad
Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • July 24, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
"When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • June 21, 2011
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