Latest Fact-Checks By Bill Wichert

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 15, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country."
False
By Bill Wichert • June 24, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 14, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
"(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....They’re down on the ground. They’re sweating. They’re twitching. It’s ugly, ‘cause I keep saying no."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 21, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on June 6, 2012 in a tweet:
"In 2011, NJ economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with Alabama, Mississippi & Wyoming. Under Christie, NJ is falling behind."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • June 19, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on June 6, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven’t raised any Wall Street money at all."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 14, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 2, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
"It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • June 8, 2012
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on June 1, 2012 in a newsletter:
Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’"
False
By Bill Wichert • June 6, 2012
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 in a column in The New York Times:
Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 20, 2012 in a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”:
Says under President Barack Obama there’s been "the lowest discretionary spending we’ve had in decades in the United States."
False
By Bill Wichert • May 28, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 23, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • May 25, 2012
Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on May 4, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:
Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it."
False
By Bill Wichert • May 20, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on May 8, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • May 14, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on May 3, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
"Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • May 11, 2012
Nia Gill
Nia Gill
stated on May 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
"There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 9, 2012
Anthony Bucco
Anthony Bucco
stated on May 1, 2012 in a news release:
Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • May 7, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 30, 2012 in a chain e-mail:
Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • May 4, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on April 30, 2012 in a news release:
"Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 2, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on April 18, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • April 30, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on April 17, 2012 in a blog post on his campaign website:
"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 29, 2012
Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
stated on April 9, 2012 in an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com:
Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 22, 2012
Jennifer Beck
Jennifer Beck
stated on April 11, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
"The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns."
True
By Bill Wichert • April 19, 2012
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