The numbers in a recent pro-Christie ad are technically correct, but there's a lot that's left unsaid for viewers
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New Jersey is moving in a new direction, thanks to $1 billion in spending cuts and an infusion of $850 million into public education.
That's what the Committee for Our Children's Future says in a pro-Chris Christie advertisement running on television. The numbers in the ad are technically correct, but there's a lot that's left unsaid for viewers, a PolitiFact New Jersey investigation has found.
Read our Half True ruling on the ad's claim at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.
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