Fact Check Posts – Page 11

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech

"Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries."

June 29, 2016

Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on May 2, 2016 a TV ad

"Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done."

May 11, 2016

Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 14, 2016 a television interview

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

By Sarah Hauer • April 13, 2016

Chris Larson
stated on April 5, 2016 a press release

"For the votes that we got, I think we spent, on average, two bucks a pop. Compared to 42 bucks" for incumbent Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele.

By James B. Nelson • April 11, 2016

Chris Larson
stated on March 29, 2016 a speech

Says Chris Abele "has had five years and he’s done nothing" about the Estabrook Dam.

By James B. Nelson • April 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 a speech

Wisconsin’s "effective" unemployment rate is 20 percent.

March 30, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 a radio interview

Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."

March 25, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 a website posting

In the primary election, a "right-wing group spent more than $100,000,000 to support" Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley.

By James B. Nelson • March 21, 2016

Chris Abele
stated on March 3, 2016 an interview

The Mitchell Park Domes "lose about $1 million-plus every year" and "the number of people going to the Domes has been going down."

By James B. Nelson • March 18, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview

"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."

March 4, 2016

Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release

Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a "billionaire."

By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech

When Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end" of Romney’s chances to win.

February 26, 2016

Glenn Grothman
stated on November 20, 2015 a radio interview

Says "Barack Obama is apparently not for vetting people and saying just anybody can come" to the United States.

By Sarah Hauer • February 26, 2016

Wisconsin Working Families Party
stated on January 15, 2016 a direct mail flier

Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent "$100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV."

By James B. Nelson • February 24, 2016

Chris Larson
stated on January 7, 2016 a Facebook post

Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "once proposed a plan to end county funding to homeless shelters."

By James B. Nelson • February 9, 2016

Dale Kooyenga
stated on January 20, 2016 a radio interview

"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."

January 27, 2016

Katrina Shankland
stated on November 16, 2015 a news conference

Wisconsin "is on pace to double the number of layoffs" this year.

By James B. Nelson • December 21, 2015

Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 a TV interview

The Milwaukee County bus system has "among the highest fares in the nation."

By Sarah Hauer • December 17, 2015

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 21, 2015 a public forum

"Most Americans are now getting their news from Facebook."

October 29, 2015

Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 a news release

Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."

October 28, 2015

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