Latest Fact-checks by Bill Wichert 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 Chris Christie dicho el Junio 15, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country." Chris Christie dicho el Junio 14, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....They’re down on the ground. They’re sweating. They’re twitching. It’s ugly, ‘cause I keep saying no." Lou Greenwald dicho el Junio 6, 2012 en a tweet: "In 2011, NJ economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with Alabama, Mississippi & Wyoming. Under Christie, NJ is falling behind." Joseph Kyrillos dicho el Junio 6, 2012 en 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." Bill Clinton dicho el Junio 2, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt." New Jersey Democratic State Committee dicho el Junio 1, 2012 en a newsletter: Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’" Paul Krugman dicho el Mayo 28, 2012 en a column in The New York Times: Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison." Cory Booker dicho el Mayo 20, 2012 en a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”: Says under President Barack Obama there’s been "the lowest discretionary spending we’ve had in decades in the United States." Chris Christie dicho el Mayo 23, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances." Jon Runyan dicho el Mayo 4, 2012 en an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”: Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it." Steve Rothman dicho el Mayo 8, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas." Frank Lautenberg dicho el Mayo 3, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before." Nia Gill dicho el Mayo 7, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: "There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades." Anthony Bucco dicho el Mayo 1, 2012 en a news release: Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund. Chain email dicho el Abril 30, 2012 en a chain e-mail: Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined. Barbara Buono dicho el Abril 30, 2012 en a news release: "Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state." Steve Rothman dicho el Abril 18, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no." Joseph Kyrillos dicho el Abril 17, 2012 en a blog post on his campaign website: "In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase." Raymond Bateman dicho el Abril 9, 2012 en an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com: Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line." Jennifer Beck dicho el Abril 11, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: "The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns." Cory Booker dicho el Abril 4, 2012 en a news conference: Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "took us into arbitration." Cory Booker dicho el Abril 9, 2012 en an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "froze all those monies during the toughest years in ‘08-’09" and "refused to give the charitable dollars that he was required to give by the contract." Robert Menendez dicho el Marzo 28, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949." Amy Handlin dicho el Abril 4, 2012 en an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton: Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey’s "new (Medicaid) enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014." Chris Christie dicho el Marzo 23, 2012 en an appearance at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University: "To get out of the (teachers) union, you pay 85 percent of $731. Then you're out of the union, but you've got to pay it every year, also required by statute. That’s called a representation fee." New Jersey Republican State Committee dicho el Marzo 19, 2012 en a tweet: "And the #jerseycomeback keeps rolling! Thanks to @GovChristie NJ now has lowest corruption risk of any state." Bill Pascrell dicho el Marzo 19, 2012 en a news release: Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt. Steve Rothman dicho el Marzo 16, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: Says Congressman Bill Pascrell "voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act." Sheila Oliver dicho el Febrero 27, 2012 en a speech at Rider University: Says "New Jersey has the most educated population of all the states in this country." Bill Pascrell dicho el Marzo 3, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "Ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that."
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Chris Christie dicho el Junio 15, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country." Chris Christie dicho el Junio 14, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....They’re down on the ground. They’re sweating. They’re twitching. It’s ugly, ‘cause I keep saying no." Lou Greenwald dicho el Junio 6, 2012 en a tweet: "In 2011, NJ economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with Alabama, Mississippi & Wyoming. Under Christie, NJ is falling behind." Joseph Kyrillos dicho el Junio 6, 2012 en 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." Bill Clinton dicho el Junio 2, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt." New Jersey Democratic State Committee dicho el Junio 1, 2012 en a newsletter: Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’" Paul Krugman dicho el Mayo 28, 2012 en a column in The New York Times: Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison." Cory Booker dicho el Mayo 20, 2012 en a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”: Says under President Barack Obama there’s been "the lowest discretionary spending we’ve had in decades in the United States." Chris Christie dicho el Mayo 23, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances." Jon Runyan dicho el Mayo 4, 2012 en an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”: Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it." Steve Rothman dicho el Mayo 8, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas." Frank Lautenberg dicho el Mayo 3, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before." Nia Gill dicho el Mayo 7, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: "There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades." Anthony Bucco dicho el Mayo 1, 2012 en a news release: Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund. Chain email dicho el Abril 30, 2012 en a chain e-mail: Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined. Barbara Buono dicho el Abril 30, 2012 en a news release: "Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state." Steve Rothman dicho el Abril 18, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no." Joseph Kyrillos dicho el Abril 17, 2012 en a blog post on his campaign website: "In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase." Raymond Bateman dicho el Abril 9, 2012 en an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com: Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line." Jennifer Beck dicho el Abril 11, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: "The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns." Cory Booker dicho el Abril 4, 2012 en a news conference: Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "took us into arbitration." Cory Booker dicho el Abril 9, 2012 en an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "froze all those monies during the toughest years in ‘08-’09" and "refused to give the charitable dollars that he was required to give by the contract." Robert Menendez dicho el Marzo 28, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949." Amy Handlin dicho el Abril 4, 2012 en an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton: Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey’s "new (Medicaid) enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014." Chris Christie dicho el Marzo 23, 2012 en an appearance at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University: "To get out of the (teachers) union, you pay 85 percent of $731. Then you're out of the union, but you've got to pay it every year, also required by statute. That’s called a representation fee." New Jersey Republican State Committee dicho el Marzo 19, 2012 en a tweet: "And the #jerseycomeback keeps rolling! Thanks to @GovChristie NJ now has lowest corruption risk of any state." Bill Pascrell dicho el Marzo 19, 2012 en a news release: Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt. Steve Rothman dicho el Marzo 16, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: Says Congressman Bill Pascrell "voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act." Sheila Oliver dicho el Febrero 27, 2012 en a speech at Rider University: Says "New Jersey has the most educated population of all the states in this country." Bill Pascrell dicho el Marzo 3, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "Ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that."
Chris Christie dicho el Junio 15, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country."
Chris Christie dicho el Junio 14, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....They’re down on the ground. They’re sweating. They’re twitching. It’s ugly, ‘cause I keep saying no."
Lou Greenwald dicho el Junio 6, 2012 en a tweet: "In 2011, NJ economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with Alabama, Mississippi & Wyoming. Under Christie, NJ is falling behind."
Joseph Kyrillos dicho el Junio 6, 2012 en 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."
Bill Clinton dicho el Junio 2, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt."
New Jersey Democratic State Committee dicho el Junio 1, 2012 en a newsletter: Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’"
Paul Krugman dicho el Mayo 28, 2012 en a column in The New York Times: Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."
Cory Booker dicho el Mayo 20, 2012 en a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”: Says under President Barack Obama there’s been "the lowest discretionary spending we’ve had in decades in the United States."
Chris Christie dicho el Mayo 23, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances."
Jon Runyan dicho el Mayo 4, 2012 en an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”: Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it."
Steve Rothman dicho el Mayo 8, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas."
Frank Lautenberg dicho el Mayo 3, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before."
Nia Gill dicho el Mayo 7, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: "There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades."
Anthony Bucco dicho el Mayo 1, 2012 en a news release: Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
Chain email dicho el Abril 30, 2012 en a chain e-mail: Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Barbara Buono dicho el Abril 30, 2012 en a news release: "Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state."
Steve Rothman dicho el Abril 18, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no."
Joseph Kyrillos dicho el Abril 17, 2012 en a blog post on his campaign website: "In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
Raymond Bateman dicho el Abril 9, 2012 en an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com: Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."
Jennifer Beck dicho el Abril 11, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: "The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns."
Cory Booker dicho el Abril 4, 2012 en a news conference: Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "took us into arbitration."
Cory Booker dicho el Abril 9, 2012 en an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "froze all those monies during the toughest years in ‘08-’09" and "refused to give the charitable dollars that he was required to give by the contract."
Robert Menendez dicho el Marzo 28, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."
Amy Handlin dicho el Abril 4, 2012 en an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton: Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey’s "new (Medicaid) enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014."
Chris Christie dicho el Marzo 23, 2012 en an appearance at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University: "To get out of the (teachers) union, you pay 85 percent of $731. Then you're out of the union, but you've got to pay it every year, also required by statute. That’s called a representation fee."
New Jersey Republican State Committee dicho el Marzo 19, 2012 en a tweet: "And the #jerseycomeback keeps rolling! Thanks to @GovChristie NJ now has lowest corruption risk of any state."
Bill Pascrell dicho el Marzo 19, 2012 en a news release: Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt.
Steve Rothman dicho el Marzo 16, 2012 en an interview on NJToday: Says Congressman Bill Pascrell "voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act."
Sheila Oliver dicho el Febrero 27, 2012 en a speech at Rider University: Says "New Jersey has the most educated population of all the states in this country."
Bill Pascrell dicho el Marzo 3, 2012 en a video posted on YouTube: "Ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that."
