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Latest Fact-Checks On Scott Walker

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 in a book:
Protesters in La Crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a State Patrol car carrying the governor and were "beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle." When the car was "extricated" from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.  
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By James B. Nelson • December 23, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 in a new book:
"We are experiencing the worst economic recovery America has ever had."
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By James B. Nelson • December 11, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 in a campaign press statement:
Says that in his first two years, "Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 27, 2013 in a fund raising letter:
"Obama for President and Baldwin for Senate have kept their campaign offices up and running in Fox Valley, Eau Claire and La Crosse with their staffs preparing for the next battle."
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By James B. Nelson • May 6, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 in an op-ed piece:
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
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By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says new figures he released showing Wisconsin job gains for 2011 are "the final job numbers."
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By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 19, 2012 in a television interview:
"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."
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By James B. Nelson • April 9, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 30, 2011 in a TV interview:
Says recall organizers "started their website last November" and began work on their effort before he even took office.
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 8, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2011 in a television interview:
The St. Norbert College/Wisconsin Public Radio poll has "been wrong in almost every election."
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By James B. Nelson • December 4, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 15, 2011 in a radio interview:
"The overwhelming number" of school districts reported their staff stayed the same or grew after the 2011-’13 state budget  
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 16, 2011 in an interview:
"The largest category of people coming into the technical schools in Wisconsin are people with four-year degrees."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 7, 2011 in a news release and column:
"Under our (2011-’13) budget, the average (Wisconsin) property taxpayer will save $700."
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 18, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 21, 2011 in a television interview:
Says many public-employee unions falsely told their Wisconsin members his budget-repair bill sought 12 percent to 13 percent of their incomes for health insurance premiums.
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 10, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 21, 2011 in an appearance on national TV:
Two years ago we had "the largest structural deficit ever in Wisconsin."
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By James B. Nelson • July 3, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 21, 2011 in a news conference and many other venues:
"We’re broke. We don’t have any more money."
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By James B. Nelson • March 3, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2011 in a news conference:
"The things I said (during the prank call by a blogger posing as GOP contributor David Koch) are the things I’ve said publicly all along" about the Wisconsin budget debate.
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 24, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 22, 2011 in a secretly-recorded prank telephone call:
When it comes to protesters in Madison, "almost all" are now from outside of Wisconsin.
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By James B. Nelson • February 24, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 21, 2011 in a news conference:
"I campaigned on (the proposals in the budget repair bill for Wisconsin) all throughout the election. Anybody who says they are shocked on this has been asleep for the past two years."
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 23, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 11, 2011 in a news conference:
"The alternative" to higher state worker pension and health care payments "is to look at 1,500 layoffs of state employees or close to 200,000 children who would be bumped off Medicaid-related programs."
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By Tom Kertscher • February 15, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 27, 2011 in comments at a bill signing ceremony:
Wisconsin employers have repeatedly said in surveys that our anti-business litigation climate is one of the most important factors affecting their expansion decisions.
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 2, 2011
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