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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 9, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • December 4, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on November 21, 2011 in a column on bluejersey.com:
"(Chris Christie) has not paid one dollar of state money into our pension system, and then states that the system is broke."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 2, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 18, 2011 in a forum at the University of Notre Dame:
Says "out of 588 school districts, we give 31 (former Abbott) districts 70 percent of the aid."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 1, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 21, 2011 in an NJToday interview:
"While (Chris Christie) talks about job creation, we don't see jobs being created in this state."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 28, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on November 3, 2011 in a speech before the East Jersey Tea Party:
Says the state auditor found that 37 percent of the 428,000 students receiving free and reduced-price lunches are ineligible.
False
By Bill Wichert • November 20, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 7, 2011 in a memo on behalf of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee:
"Governor Christie also remains the only Governor since World War II, among both Democrats and Republicans, who failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course of his term."
False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • November 10, 2011
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
stated on October 30, 2011 in a video posted on YouTube:
"You’re paying for...(state Sen. Diane Allen’s) health care, and she took yours away."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • November 7, 2011
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech:
"New Jersey alone, my home state, is facing a ten-and-a-half billion dollar shortfall in its 2012 fiscal budget. This means more cuts in state and local spending for education, which means our kids are hurt."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 3, 2011
Joseph Chiusolo
Joseph Chiusolo
stated on October 25, 2011 in a press release:
Says "Essex County residents suffer the second highest property taxes in the nation."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • November 2, 2011
Jim McGreevey
Jim McGreevey
stated on October 10, 2011 in a radio interview:
"After I had resigned or announced my resignation, I abolished -- I prohibited pay-to-play for people that had county or state contracts."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 30, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 19, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says the national heath care reform is "a government takeover of health care."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • October 23, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on September 15, 2011 in a message on Facebook:
"New Jersey's poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 20, 2011
John Driscoll
John Driscoll
stated on October 6, 2011 in a television ad posted on YouTube:
"(Sen. Robert) Gordon cost us money, exempting the Newark sports arena from paying property taxes and sticking us with the bill." 
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • October 19, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 11, 2011 in 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
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 1, 2011 in an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show:
"Today, the Social Security system is broke."
False
By Bill Wichert • October 9, 2011
Committee for Our Children's Future
Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on September 20, 2011 in a television ad:
Says Gov. Chris Christie "cut spending (by) $1 billion" and provided "$850 million in new education funding."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 6, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 4, 2011 in a press conference:
Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • October 4, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on September 26, 2011 in 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
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on September 15, 2011 in a debate with Assemblyman Vince Polistina:
Because of Jim Whelan, "the 1990s are the only decade since the 1920s when the population of Atlantic City actually went up."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 30, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 in 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
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