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stated on July 30, 2012 an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal
"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 5, 2012 an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Says Bruce Springsteen played in 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange at Walsh gym.
True
By Bill Wichert • September 5, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on September 4, 2012 a rally at the Democratic National Convention
"The first (state) budget that came out of our Republican leadership slashed funding to Planned Parenthood...It resulted in the reduction of hours, the elimination of days, elimination of access to women in my city and all over my state."
True
By Bill Wichert • September 5, 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
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on August 27, 2012 an op-ed in Politico
Says Gov. Chris Christie has embarked on a tour to "demand that New Jersey’s Democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest."
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 2, 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 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
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio interview
"We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 27, 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
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on August 21, 2012 a news release
Says Congressmen Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-sponsored legislation "to limit federal funding for abortion to victims of ‘forcible rape.’"
True
By Bill Wichert • August 22, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 9, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says Jon Corzine "gave away 14 percent raises over 4 years and he stood on the front steps of the Capitol at a public-sector union rally and said, 'I will fight to get you a great contract.’"
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 20, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 14, 2012 a news release
Says Reps. Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell are "willing to jeopardize seniors’ access to coverage by gutting $741 billion from Medicare" to pay for a "big-government healthcare takeover."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • August 19, 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
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 7, 2012 a news conference
Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."
True
By Erin O'Neill • August 15, 2012
Anna Little
Anna Little
stated on August 2, 2012 an interview on NJToday
"We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone."
False
By Bill Wichert • August 13, 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
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 5, 2012 an interview posted on BlueJersey.com
"One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 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
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