Latest Fact Checks By Sarah Hauer

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Donald Trump in Green Bay

Is Donald Trump right that Hillary Clinton once “wanted a wall” on the Mexican border?

August 15, 2016
Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.
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Paul Ryan -- background checks

Is Paul Ryan right that poverty rates haven’t changed much since War on Poverty?

August 5, 2016
"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."
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Walker: ‘For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation’

July 20, 2016
"For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation."
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Paul Ryan claims the US is the ‘oldest democracy’ in the world. Is he right?

July 11, 2016
The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.
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Was gun used by Orlando shooter a ‘weapon of war’?

July 1, 2016
The Orlando shooter used "a weapon of war."
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Is Scott Walker right that there are more people working than ever?

June 27, 2016
"Despite the rhetoric from Democrat politicians, more people are employed this year than at any point in the history of Wisconsin."
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Sanders on Feingold

Is Bernie Sanders right about Russ Feingold’s campaign also being ‘powered by’ small contributions?

June 22, 2016
Says Russ Feingold’s "campaign is powered by small-dollar contributions like ours."
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Russ at DPW convention in Green Bay

Russ Feingold says average UW-Madison student graduates with $28,000 in student debt

June 17, 2016
The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."
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Scott Walker -- education, inflation

Scott Walker says college tuition has risen at four times the rate of inflation

June 9, 2016
Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation."
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Is it true that only half of Milwaukee Public Schools students go on to college?

May 27, 2016
Only 50 percent of students from Milwaukee public high schools "go on to a two-or four-year college."
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Did Sean Duffy flip-flop on what should be done about Puerto Rico’s debt crisis?

May 13, 2016
On how to respond to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis.  
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Testing Tammy Baldwin claim on taxes for hedge fund managers vs. truck drivers

April 13, 2016
"Hedge fund managers and others in private equity pay much lower (tax) rates on their income than do truck drivers and teachers and nurses."
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