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Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president and dropped out shortly before the Iowa caucus in January 2024. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire:
Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami:
“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 18, 2023 in an interview:
“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand."
Mostly True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 20, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview:
Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • September 8, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 6, 2023 in campaign announcement speech:
Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 2, 2021 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":
"Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter are going to pay a huge new tax."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2021
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
Says Hillary Clinton "said all work-related emails were sent back to the State Department. The FBI director said, that's not true."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • July 20, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 28, 2016 in the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network :
"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."    
False
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP undercard debate.:
The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth Republican presidential debate:
Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 11, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland:
"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 6, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"There’s now been three independent investigations (into the bridge scandal) all of which have said" that Christie did not have prior knowledge of or involvement in the lane closures.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 9, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 7, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:
On Common Core. 
Full Flop
By Keely Herring • June 24, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 14, 2014 in his “State of the State” address:
"In the entire public school system in Camden last year, only three students graduated college ready."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 26, 2014
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 14, 2014 in a State of the State address:
"Today, our unemployment rate is 7.8 percent. That is the lowest in five years."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • January 19, 2014
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 2, 2013 in response to subpoenas being sent out over a bridge lane-closure controversy:
"The fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced."
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • December 22, 2013
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Latest Fact-Checks About Chris Christie

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Viral image
stated on October 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Chris Christie is in ICU and reported to be put on a ventilator.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 3, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Chris Christie told Donald Trump to interrupt Joe Biden during the debate because “people who overcome stuttering have a harder time maintaining their train of thought when interrupted. Keep interrupting him and he’ll stumble when he tries to speak. This will enforce the ‘senile’ narrative.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 7, 2020
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on February 6, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:
Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 in an attack ad:
Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 30, 2015 in a Facebook meme:
Says Chris Christie "vetoed equal pay for women 3 times. He only let the bill pass once it became a damaging campaign issue."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring • July 13, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech:
"In New Jersey, Gov. Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Marie Corfield
Marie Corfield
stated on December 30, 2013 in a column on BlueJersey.com:
Says New Jersey has "the highest unemployment rate in the region" and "stagnant job growth."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • January 5, 2014
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on November 10, 2013 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Chris Christie "vetoed Planned Parenthood funding five times over the course of his governorship."  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 10, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on November 10, 2013 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
Says 18 states and the District of Columbia have voted Democratic in six consecutive presidential elections.  
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2013
Milly Silva
Milly Silva
stated on October 7, 2013 in a speech to an American Legion in Little Ferry:
"Property taxes have increased 20 percent under four years of Chris Christie."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • October 20, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on August 23, 2013 in a speech to students at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus:
Tuition at Rutgers has increased 10 percent since Gov. Chris Christie took office because he "cut funding for higher education."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 22, 2013
John Currie
John Currie
stated on September 9, 2013 in a guest blog post:
Unemployment in Texas has risen over two percentage points with Rick Perry as governor.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2013
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on September 3, 2013 in a video ad:
"Trenton politicians cut $1.3 billion from education."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 8, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on July 9, 2013 in an online gubernatorial campaign ad:
"Guess what, governor? There’s no fried butter in Newark. Just 13 percent unemployment."
True
By Caryn Shinske • July 14, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on June 26, 2013 in a state Senate budget hearing:
Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget
True
By Caryn Shinske • July 7, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program:
"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 23, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 22, 2013 in a gubernatorial campaign television ad:
"To hear Gov. Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey is going just fine. Well I see another New Jersey with 400,000 unemployed. One of the worst jobless rates in the country. Working and middle class families have seen costs soar, from property taxes to college tuition."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • May 26, 2013
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
stated on April 30, 2013 in a Facebook page post:
"New Jersey's governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 23, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on May 3, 2013 in A radio ad:
"Under Republican Governor Chris Christie, tolls cost more. Train and bus rides cost more. College tuition goes up. But Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 16, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on April 9, 2013 in a TV ad:
"Under Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. Nearly 1 in 10 jobless. The worst unemployment in the region. Near the bottom in economic growth, yet Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires but vetoed a minimum wage hike."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • April 14, 2013
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