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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 11, 2011 a news conference with Mitt Romney
Says "any attempt to try to compare" the Massachusetts health care law with the federal health care law is "completely, intellectually dishonest. Governor Romney did not raise one tax in doing what he did."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • October 13, 2011
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on October 1, 2011 a political mailer
Says Vince Polistina is "collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • October 10, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on September 26, 2011 an NJToday interview
Says Gov. Chris Christie has "now come up with a new agenda" for ethics reform in September 2011.  
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • October 3, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Says President Barack Obama failed "to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • September 29, 2011
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
stated on September 6, 2011 at a news conference
Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 15, 2011
Joseph Cryan
Joseph Cryan
stated on August 21, 2011 an op-ed piece published on CourierPostOnline.com
Says direct shipment of wine "makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2011
Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
stated on July 12, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Says unemployment in Trenton is "twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state" and, as a result, "we have seen an increase in crime."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 26, 2011
Steve Oroho
Steve Oroho
stated on June 29, 2011 a press release from Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex)
Because of Democratic tax hikes, New Jersey ended a decade with fewer private sector jobs for the first time in recorded history.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 12, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 23, 2011 an interview on New Jersey 101.5 FM
Says the average government worker won't be impacted in the first two years under the reform of state health benefits.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 10, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on June 15, 2011 an interview on ABC's "Top Line"
"Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 28, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 20, 2011 a speech at Princeton University
Democratic tax hikes led $70 billion of wealth to leave New Jersey between 2004 and 2008, and mainly relocate to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 17, 2011
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