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Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns" and got $570 million in job-development incentives
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on August 15, 2014 an interview
Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."
False
August 27, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 27, 2014 an interview
"I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus."
False
By Devon Waugh • August 8, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on July 9, 2014 a news release
Says a $12.5 million incentive deal she approved for Abbott Laboratories contained "strong protections for taxpayers if job creation goals were not met."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 3, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Mary Burke "wasted 12.5 million dollars on a vacant lot" in a move that "could cost taxpayers nearly $25 million."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 31, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview
Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."  
False
July 30, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on July 15, 2014 in a Facebook posting
"The fundraising numbers are in, and our grassroots support is unmatched!"
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 27, 2014
Joe Leibham
Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 a news release
Says Common Core is a federal mandate.
False
July 25, 2014
Jon Richards
Jon Richards
stated on June 16, 2014 a video
"Last year, I was involved with an effort to to help prosecutors get their first pay raise in more than 10 years."
False
July 24, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on June 26, 2014 a fund-raising email
Says attorney general candidate Jon Richards "went so far to say he would only enforce the laws with which he personally agreed."  
False
July 16, 2014
Joe Zepecki
Joe Zepecki
stated on June 23, 2014 an interview
The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.
False
July 6, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 26, 2014
Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera America
stated on June 14, 2014 a documentary
The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior.  
False
By James B. Nelson • June 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a TV interview
Says the secret John Doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been "resolved" and two judges have said it is "over."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 20, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 2, 2014 a news release
"Congressman Duffy has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."  
False
By James B. Nelson • June 16, 2014
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on April 30, 2014 a news release
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has made Wisconsin 2nd in the nation in losing jobs."
False
By James B. Nelson • June 2, 2014
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 29, 2014 remarks on the House floor
"Milwaukee has the second-highest" number of children recovered from sex trafficking.  
False
June 1, 2014
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 a radio interview
A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."  
False
May 14, 2014
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on April 15, 2014 a town-hall meeting
President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 4, 2014
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on April 18, 2014 an interview
Welcome to Wisconsin road signs have "always been made in Wisconsin," but Scott Walker "is outsourcing them" to an out-of-state company and "paying more money for them."
False
April 30, 2014
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