Latest Fact-Checks By Bill Wichert

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 in 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
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio interview:
"We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 27, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on August 21, 2012 in 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 in 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 in 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
Anna Little
Anna Little
stated on August 2, 2012 in 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 in 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
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • August 5, 2012
Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
stated on July 30, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor:
"The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees."
True
By Bill Wichert • August 2, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on July 24, 2012 in a news conference:
Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy."
True
By Bill Wichert • August 1, 2012
Dannel Malloy
Dannel Malloy
stated on July 23, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says Chris Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 29, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 10, 2012 in a chain e-mail:
Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • July 25, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:
Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • July 19, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:
Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million.
False
By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 9, 2012 in an appearance at the Brookings Institution:
"New Jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when Christie Whitman left office in January of 2001, and I think that’s good. And we did it without any layoffs. We did it through attrition."
False
By Bill Wichert • July 16, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on June 28, 2012 in an interview on Richard French Live:
Says as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 11, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 26, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says state Sen. Paul Sarlo "said in February on NJTV, ‘there will be no tax increases in this budget’" and "voted the other night in the Senate Budget Committee to raise income taxes $800 million."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 8, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 2, 2012 in 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
Albio Sires
Albio Sires
stated on June 20, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:
"Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 2, 2012
Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo
stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor:
"The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states."
True
By Bill Wichert • June 27, 2012
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