Fact Check Posts – Page 10

Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech

The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."

By Sarah Hauer • June 17, 2016

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 4, 2016 a radio ad

Says Ron Johnson voted to turn Medicare "into a voucher program."

June 10, 2016

Vicki Martin
stated on May 12, 2016 a presentation at a panel discussion

Only 50 percent of students from Milwaukee public high schools "go on to a two-or four-year college."

By Sarah Hauer • May 27, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 an interview

"The University of Wisconsin System budget is the biggest it has ever been."

May 25, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 26, 2016 a speech

"Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."

April 22, 2016

Jerome Buting
stated on April 11, 2016 an interview

Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country."

April 20, 2016

John Kasich
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview

Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party."

April 15, 2016

John Kasich
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview

"There are no rules governing" the 2016 Republican convention, "the rules have not been set."

April 8, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 TV ad

Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."

March 31, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview

Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."

March 30, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview

"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."

By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 24, 2016 a tweet

"Over 32,000 people die from #GunViolence every year. Yet, (The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is banned from researching ways to prevent this."

By Sarah Hauer • March 9, 2016

John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 a TV show

In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.

February 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate

Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."

February 18, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad

Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.

February 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 a debate

"We bailed out" Johnson Controls when "we saved the auto industry" and "now they want to avoid paying taxes."

February 11, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on December 17, 2015 a television interview

"I’ll be running against a career politician."

By James B. Nelson • February 4, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on January 19, 2016 a speech

"According to the most recent report, Wisconsin’s high school graduation rates are also up again -- to third best in the country."

January 22, 2016

Joe Donald
stated on December 2, 2015 an interview

"We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."

December 9, 2015

George Will
stated on November 30, 2015 a TV talk show

Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country."

December 4, 2015

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