former New Jersey governor and Republican primary presidential candidate. 7 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2023. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
PolitiFact says: By conventional calculations, China met 83% of its commitment for agricultural purchases. Christie offered an alternative calculation that doesn’t credit China for the purchases it was already making in 2017.
PolitiFact says: The Budapest agreement signed in 1994 by Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom did not include an ironclad obligation for the U.S. to protect Ukraine if its borders were violated.
PolitiFact says: Christie’s claim about apprehensions at the border and detention space is mostly right but needs clarification. Because of longstanding immigration laws and policies, not everyone who is apprehended can be detained.
PolitiFact says: Florida’s spending under Gov. Ron DeSantis rose 30%, but Chris Christie’s attack omits half of the equation — Florida’s tax revenue rose by about the same percentage.
PolitiFact says: Trump’s time in office saw 472 measures on immigration that had drastic implications, according to one think tank’s estimate. His executive actions included efforts to restrict access at the southern border.
FactCheck.org says: Pfizer partnered with BioNTech, a German-based company, on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, which became available at the same time in several countries, including the U.S., Canada and in the European Union.
PolitiFact says: The White House is proposing a series of new taxes that could hit large inheritances in a significant way. But Christie is wrong to frame these as hitting “any family” passing down a business within the family.