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Chris Christie is 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
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."

By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2021
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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2016
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.’ "

By Nadia Pflaum • July 19, 2016
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."

By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2016
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."

By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2016

Viral image
stated on October 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Chris Christie is in ICU and reported to be put on a ventilator.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 7, 2020
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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 7, 2020
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."

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 in an attack ad:

Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016
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."

By Keely Herring • July 13, 2015

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