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Latest Fact-Checks On Chris Christie

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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
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 2, 2011 a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach
"The water quality in the ocean is perfect. It’s been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • September 25, 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 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 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 June 16, 2011 an "On the Line" interview with Steve Adubato
Says car insurance rates have decreased since about a decade ago because of market-based solutions that attracted more auto insurers to New Jersey.
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 7, 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
"When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • June 21, 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
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
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Out of 150,000 tenured teachers in the last 10 years, only 17 have been dismissed for incompetence.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • June 10, 2011
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