Claim: "Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch."
Fact-check: GOP challenger Joseph Kyrillos blames U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez for rising annual deficits in federal budget
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2012-02-13T00:00:00