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Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2023 Interview

“Wisconsin has historically … and I think largely continues to be, a blue state.”

By Laura Schulte • October 31, 2023

Scott Walker
stated on January 26, 2021 a Facebook post

“The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”

By Eric Litke • January 28, 2021

Scott Walker
stated on January 16, 2019 a tweet

During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, "revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America."

By Eric Litke • February 5, 2019

Scott Walker
stated on October 9, 2018 a video

Says Tony Evers will "raise the gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon."

October 24, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on September 5, 2018 a TV ad

"A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom," along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn't revoke the teacher's license and "the teacher is still in the classroom."

September 13, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on June 19, 2018 a TV ad

Says he made "a record investment in schools."

August 3, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on April 9, 2018 an interview

Says "Eric Holder and his group came in and made" the Wisconsin Supreme Court race "highly partisan."

April 11, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2018 a speech

"We invested" in our transportation system "$24 billion over eight years. That’s $3 billion more than what former Governor Jim Doyle spent on transportation over the same period of time."

February 6, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on January 11, 2018 a tweet

Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up."

January 31, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on December 18, 2017 a tweet

"Road projects across the state are staying on track or getting done sooner thanks to the good work of the team at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation."

By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on July 28, 2017 an interview

Says Foxconn didn't keep a promise to build a plant in Pennsylvania because "Pennsylvania changed governors."

August 25, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on July 19, 2017 a tweet

"We took Wisconsin from the Bottom 10 for business to the Top 10."

By Eric Litke • August 23, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on June 5, 2017 an interview

When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."

June 30, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on February 8, 2017 his budget speech

"We are investing more money into education than ever before in the history of Wisconsin."

By Alison Dirr • May 17, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on December 23, 2016 an interview

"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.

January 6, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 a tweet

"From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent."

By Kevin Crowe • December 7, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2015 a campaign proposal

Says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the Supreme Court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions."

September 17, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2015 a tweet

Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama.

By Sarah Hauer • July 27, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview

If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."

July 22, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 a speech

Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."

June 25, 2015

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