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Joseph Kyrillos

Joseph Kyrillos

Joseph Kyrillos, Jr. is a Republican state senator representing part of Monmouth County. The former chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, Kyrillos is running in the November 2012 general election for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Robert Menendez.

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Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 15, 2012 an interview on NJToday:

Says Chris Christie was "behind" in the polls against Jon Corzine during the 2009 governor's race.

Mostly False

By Bill Wichert • October 24, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 10, 2012 a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM:

Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s."

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By Erin O'Neill • October 15, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV:

Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.

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By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV:

Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."

Mostly True

By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on August 29, 2012 an online news release:

"Bob Menendez actually voted in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times!"

Mostly False

By Caryn Shinske • September 30, 2012

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

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on July 11, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show:

"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all is that we lost jobs."

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By Erin O'Neill • July 15, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on June 6, 2012 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

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on April 17, 2012 a blog post on his campaign website:

"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."

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By Bill Wichert • April 29, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on March 15, 2012 a campaign e-mail:

Says under the new health care law "the patient-doctor relationship will be eliminated."

Pants on Fire!

By Erin O'Neill • March 26, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on February 1, 2012 a speech at his campaign kickoff:

"Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch."

Half-True

By Bill Wichert • February 13, 2012

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Latest Fact-Checks About Joseph Kyrillos

Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV:

"When (Joe Kyrillos) had an opportunity to vote for women in terms of their health care, not once, not twice, but six times, he voted against women’s health care in our state."

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By Bill Wichert • October 8, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on June 8, 2012 an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:

Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money."

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By Erin O'Neill • June 17, 2012

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