Latest Fact-checks in New Jersey Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Leonard Lance stated on April 15, 2013 in a news release about tax reform: "The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world." 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." Chris Christie stated on March 25, 2013 in an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program: "The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before. We simply don’t do that, haven’t done it, and won’t permit it." Jeff Tittel stated on February 22, 2013 in an opinion column for NJToday.net: "A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans." Sheila Oliver stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton: "In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence." Barbara Buono stated on March 19, 2013 in a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department: "While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York." Liberals Are Cool stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme: "Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers." Chris Christie stated on March 6, 2013 in a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group: Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009." Jeff Tittel stated on March 2, 2013 in an op-ed column on NJ.com: "DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s." Barbara Buono stated on March 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donell": "Governor Christie, his idea of jumpstarting the economy is to propose a trickle-down income tax cut last year and in his budget address this year, he stated his support for it again." James Florio stated on February 16, 2013 in an interview on Governors' Perspective: "We have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. That’s almost as big as the population." Chris Christie stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the New Jersey Legislature: "Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best two years of private sector job growth since 1999." Chris Christie stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the state Legislature: "Property taxes had increased 70 percent in the previous 10 years." Barbara Buono stated on January 28, 2013 in an interview on NJToday: "New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York." Jon Bramnick stated on February 8, 2013 in a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron": Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar - I call it mismanagement – deficit." Cory Booker stated on February 1, 2013 in an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime": Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority." John Wisniewski stated on February 2, 2013 in a campaign rally: "We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut." Cory Booker stated on February 1, 2013 in a panel discussion on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”: Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined." Barbara Buono stated on January 29, 2013 in an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York: Says the pension and health benefits reform "eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits." Chris Christie stated on February 4, 2013 in an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”: Says "in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote." Chris Christie stated on January 22, 2013 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”: Says "on the state level, we spend less today than Jon Corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later." Rodney Frelinghuysen stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor: Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy." Stephen Sweeney stated on January 8, 2013 in a radio interview: Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills." Barbara Buono stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview on bluejersey.com: Says Chris Christie’s plan "to kick-start our economy" is to propose an "income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...he's still proposing it." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "Gross income tax receipts are exceeding the Administration’s projections for this fiscal year prior to Sandy." Bill Pascrell stated on December 31, 2012 in an interview on WOR-AM: Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in a speech: "A far different picture from the prior eight years, which saw 115 increases in taxes and fees." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in a State of the State address: Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit." Environment New Jersey stated on December 18, 2012 in an online post about global warming: "Hurricane Sandy, the most destructive Atlantic storm ever."
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Leonard Lance stated on April 15, 2013 in a news release about tax reform: "The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world." 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." Chris Christie stated on March 25, 2013 in an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program: "The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before. We simply don’t do that, haven’t done it, and won’t permit it." Jeff Tittel stated on February 22, 2013 in an opinion column for NJToday.net: "A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans." Sheila Oliver stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton: "In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence." Barbara Buono stated on March 19, 2013 in a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department: "While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York." Liberals Are Cool stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme: "Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers." Chris Christie stated on March 6, 2013 in a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group: Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009." Jeff Tittel stated on March 2, 2013 in an op-ed column on NJ.com: "DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s." Barbara Buono stated on March 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donell": "Governor Christie, his idea of jumpstarting the economy is to propose a trickle-down income tax cut last year and in his budget address this year, he stated his support for it again." James Florio stated on February 16, 2013 in an interview on Governors' Perspective: "We have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. That’s almost as big as the population." Chris Christie stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the New Jersey Legislature: "Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best two years of private sector job growth since 1999." Chris Christie stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the state Legislature: "Property taxes had increased 70 percent in the previous 10 years." Barbara Buono stated on January 28, 2013 in an interview on NJToday: "New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York." Jon Bramnick stated on February 8, 2013 in a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron": Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar - I call it mismanagement – deficit." Cory Booker stated on February 1, 2013 in an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime": Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority." John Wisniewski stated on February 2, 2013 in a campaign rally: "We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut." Cory Booker stated on February 1, 2013 in a panel discussion on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”: Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined." Barbara Buono stated on January 29, 2013 in an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York: Says the pension and health benefits reform "eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits." Chris Christie stated on February 4, 2013 in an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”: Says "in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote." Chris Christie stated on January 22, 2013 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”: Says "on the state level, we spend less today than Jon Corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later." Rodney Frelinghuysen stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor: Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy." Stephen Sweeney stated on January 8, 2013 in a radio interview: Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills." Barbara Buono stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview on bluejersey.com: Says Chris Christie’s plan "to kick-start our economy" is to propose an "income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...he's still proposing it." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "Gross income tax receipts are exceeding the Administration’s projections for this fiscal year prior to Sandy." Bill Pascrell stated on December 31, 2012 in an interview on WOR-AM: Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in a speech: "A far different picture from the prior eight years, which saw 115 increases in taxes and fees." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in a State of the State address: Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit." Environment New Jersey stated on December 18, 2012 in an online post about global warming: "Hurricane Sandy, the most destructive Atlantic storm ever."
Leonard Lance stated on April 15, 2013 in a news release about tax reform: "The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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."
Chris Christie stated on March 25, 2013 in an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program: "The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before. We simply don’t do that, haven’t done it, and won’t permit it."
Jeff Tittel stated on February 22, 2013 in an opinion column for NJToday.net: "A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans."
Sheila Oliver stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton: "In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence."
Barbara Buono stated on March 19, 2013 in a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department: "While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York."
Liberals Are Cool stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme: "Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."
Chris Christie stated on March 6, 2013 in a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group: Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."
Jeff Tittel stated on March 2, 2013 in an op-ed column on NJ.com: "DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."
Barbara Buono stated on March 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donell": "Governor Christie, his idea of jumpstarting the economy is to propose a trickle-down income tax cut last year and in his budget address this year, he stated his support for it again."
James Florio stated on February 16, 2013 in an interview on Governors' Perspective: "We have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. That’s almost as big as the population."
Chris Christie stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the New Jersey Legislature: "Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best two years of private sector job growth since 1999."
Chris Christie stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the state Legislature: "Property taxes had increased 70 percent in the previous 10 years."
Barbara Buono stated on January 28, 2013 in an interview on NJToday: "New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York."
Jon Bramnick stated on February 8, 2013 in a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron": Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar - I call it mismanagement – deficit."
Cory Booker stated on February 1, 2013 in an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime": Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."
John Wisniewski stated on February 2, 2013 in a campaign rally: "We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut."
Cory Booker stated on February 1, 2013 in a panel discussion on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”: Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined."
Barbara Buono stated on January 29, 2013 in an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York: Says the pension and health benefits reform "eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits."
Chris Christie stated on February 4, 2013 in an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”: Says "in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote."
Chris Christie stated on January 22, 2013 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”: Says "on the state level, we spend less today than Jon Corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later."
Rodney Frelinghuysen stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor: Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."
Stephen Sweeney stated on January 8, 2013 in a radio interview: Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills."
Barbara Buono stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview on bluejersey.com: Says Chris Christie’s plan "to kick-start our economy" is to propose an "income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...he's still proposing it."
Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010."
Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "Gross income tax receipts are exceeding the Administration’s projections for this fiscal year prior to Sandy."
Bill Pascrell stated on December 31, 2012 in an interview on WOR-AM: Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."
Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in a speech: "A far different picture from the prior eight years, which saw 115 increases in taxes and fees."
Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in a State of the State address: Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit."
Environment New Jersey stated on December 18, 2012 in an online post about global warming: "Hurricane Sandy, the most destructive Atlantic storm ever."
