Claim: " 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."
Fact-check: Chris Christie claims he stopped Assembly Democrats from raising the gas tax by $2.4 billion
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2012-06-21T00:00:00