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 Robert Menendez stated on December 27, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says "10 days after Hurricane Katrina, this chamber passed two separate bills amounting to $60 billion. It has been nearly two months since we had Superstorm Sandy, and nothing has passed." Chris Christie stated on December 19, 2012 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”: Says "our economy in New Jersey gets $38 billion from the businesses at the Shore." Cory Booker stated on December 23, 2012 in a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America. Steve Lonegan stated on December 18, 2012 in a news release: "The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state." Barbara Buono stated on December 11, 2012 in a video advertisement: "I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care." Lou Greenwald stated on December 4, 2012 in a press conference in Trenton: "Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs." Robert Singer stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor: "More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students." Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: "In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey." Michael Doherty stated on November 28, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: Says a new state report "confirms" that red-light cameras "lead to more accidents, more injuries and greater cost." Barbara Buono stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964. John Wisniewski stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says in January 1992, George H. W. Bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first Gulf War." Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history." Robert Menendez stated on November 14, 2012 in a speech: "For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin." Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be." Paul Levesque stated on October 24, 2012 in an interview on NYPost.com: "We’ve outdrawn the Super Bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that we’ve followed them in for the Super Bowl. We’ve gone in after [the NFL] and surpassed their ticket sales." Big Gamble NJ stated on November 13, 2012 in a website: "In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million." Chris Christie stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News: Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars." Caroline Casagrande stated on October 26, 2012 in an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record": "Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now." Steve Lonegan stated on October 24, 2012 in an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website: "Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients." Robert Menendez stated on November 4, 2012 in a campaign rally: Says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs." Chris Christie stated on November 7, 2012 in a press conference : Says "I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney." Chris Christie stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire: Says New Jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because Democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending. Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University: "New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade." Jesse Ventura stated on September 14, 2012 in an interview on MyCentralJersey.com: "There’s 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They don’t have to wait until they’re 65." Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 15, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Chris Christie was "behind" in the polls against Jon Corzine during the 2009 governor's race. Chris Christie stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford: "Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor." Leonard Lance stated on October 11, 2012 in a debate: Says Barack Obama "said when he was running for office four years ago that he would halve the annual deficit by the end of his first term. That simply has not happened." Shelley Adler stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign event: Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape." Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s." Robert Menendez stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says the U.S. Senate has passed "a budget" over the last three years "called the Budget Control Act."
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Robert Menendez stated on December 27, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says "10 days after Hurricane Katrina, this chamber passed two separate bills amounting to $60 billion. It has been nearly two months since we had Superstorm Sandy, and nothing has passed." Chris Christie stated on December 19, 2012 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”: Says "our economy in New Jersey gets $38 billion from the businesses at the Shore." Cory Booker stated on December 23, 2012 in a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America. Steve Lonegan stated on December 18, 2012 in a news release: "The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state." Barbara Buono stated on December 11, 2012 in a video advertisement: "I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care." Lou Greenwald stated on December 4, 2012 in a press conference in Trenton: "Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs." Robert Singer stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor: "More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students." Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: "In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey." Michael Doherty stated on November 28, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: Says a new state report "confirms" that red-light cameras "lead to more accidents, more injuries and greater cost." Barbara Buono stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964. John Wisniewski stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says in January 1992, George H. W. Bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first Gulf War." Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history." Robert Menendez stated on November 14, 2012 in a speech: "For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin." Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be." Paul Levesque stated on October 24, 2012 in an interview on NYPost.com: "We’ve outdrawn the Super Bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that we’ve followed them in for the Super Bowl. We’ve gone in after [the NFL] and surpassed their ticket sales." Big Gamble NJ stated on November 13, 2012 in a website: "In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million." Chris Christie stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News: Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars." Caroline Casagrande stated on October 26, 2012 in an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record": "Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now." Steve Lonegan stated on October 24, 2012 in an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website: "Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients." Robert Menendez stated on November 4, 2012 in a campaign rally: Says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs." Chris Christie stated on November 7, 2012 in a press conference : Says "I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney." Chris Christie stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire: Says New Jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because Democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending. Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University: "New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade." Jesse Ventura stated on September 14, 2012 in an interview on MyCentralJersey.com: "There’s 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They don’t have to wait until they’re 65." Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 15, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Chris Christie was "behind" in the polls against Jon Corzine during the 2009 governor's race. Chris Christie stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford: "Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor." Leonard Lance stated on October 11, 2012 in a debate: Says Barack Obama "said when he was running for office four years ago that he would halve the annual deficit by the end of his first term. That simply has not happened." Shelley Adler stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign event: Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape." Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s." Robert Menendez stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says the U.S. Senate has passed "a budget" over the last three years "called the Budget Control Act."
Robert Menendez stated on December 27, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says "10 days after Hurricane Katrina, this chamber passed two separate bills amounting to $60 billion. It has been nearly two months since we had Superstorm Sandy, and nothing has passed."
Chris Christie stated on December 19, 2012 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”: Says "our economy in New Jersey gets $38 billion from the businesses at the Shore."
Cory Booker stated on December 23, 2012 in a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America.
Steve Lonegan stated on December 18, 2012 in a news release: "The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state."
Barbara Buono stated on December 11, 2012 in a video advertisement: "I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."
Lou Greenwald stated on December 4, 2012 in a press conference in Trenton: "Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
Robert Singer stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor: "More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."
Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: "In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."
Michael Doherty stated on November 28, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: Says a new state report "confirms" that red-light cameras "lead to more accidents, more injuries and greater cost."
Barbara Buono stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964.
John Wisniewski stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says in January 1992, George H. W. Bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first Gulf War."
Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."
Robert Menendez stated on November 14, 2012 in a speech: "For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."
Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be."
Paul Levesque stated on October 24, 2012 in an interview on NYPost.com: "We’ve outdrawn the Super Bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that we’ve followed them in for the Super Bowl. We’ve gone in after [the NFL] and surpassed their ticket sales."
Big Gamble NJ stated on November 13, 2012 in a website: "In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
Chris Christie stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News: Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars."
Caroline Casagrande stated on October 26, 2012 in an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record": "Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now."
Steve Lonegan stated on October 24, 2012 in an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website: "Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
Robert Menendez stated on November 4, 2012 in a campaign rally: Says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs."
Chris Christie stated on November 7, 2012 in a press conference : Says "I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney."
Chris Christie stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire: Says New Jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because Democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending.
Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University: "New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade."
Jesse Ventura stated on September 14, 2012 in an interview on MyCentralJersey.com: "There’s 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They don’t have to wait until they’re 65."
Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 15, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Chris Christie was "behind" in the polls against Jon Corzine during the 2009 governor's race.
Chris Christie stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford: "Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor."
Leonard Lance stated on October 11, 2012 in a debate: Says Barack Obama "said when he was running for office four years ago that he would halve the annual deficit by the end of his first term. That simply has not happened."
Shelley Adler stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign event: Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape."
Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s."
Robert Menendez stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says the U.S. Senate has passed "a budget" over the last three years "called the Budget Control Act."
