Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Dan Kapanke
stated on June 28, 2011 in a fundraising email

"Protesters caused $7.5 million in damage to the Wisconsin State House"

By James B. Nelson • June 30, 2011

William G. Batchelder
stated on May 29, 2011 an appearance on the Ohio News Network

Says the Ohio Consumers’ Council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication.

By Joe Guillen • June 7, 2011

Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 7, 2011 a speech.

"The $1.8 billion in [transportation] bonding, we don’t have a repayment mechanism."

By Jacob Geiger • May 18, 2011

Dan Kapanke
stated on March 16, 2011 interviews with various media outlets

Says protesters at the Wisconsin state Capitol on the night the state Senate passed collective bargaining changes damaged the windshield of his car.

By James B. Nelson • April 25, 2011

Mike Huebsch
stated on March 3, 2011 a statement made by a staffer during a court hearing.

Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.

By James B. Nelson • March 8, 2011

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 3, 2011 a radio ad.

Says "union bosses" bused protesters to a Central Florida education protest.

By Aaron Sharockman • March 7, 2011

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 2, 2011 a news release

As part of efforts to rein in protesters, Republicans in Wisconsin have "bolted windows inside the Capitol shut."

By James B. Nelson • March 4, 2011

Tom Niehaus
stated on February 23, 2011 interviews with reporters

"Unfortunately we have documented instances where people defecated in the (Statehouse) building."

By Reginald Fields • March 1, 2011

Lena Taylor
stated on February 15, 2011 in a TV interview, as well as other venues

Hitler "abolished unions and that’s what" Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is "doing today."

February 22, 2011

Scott Walker
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview

Says under his budget-repair bill, "collective bargaining is fully intact."

February 19, 2011

Paul Ryan
stated on February 17, 2011 an appearance on a TV interview program

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to limit collective bargaining rights has led to "riots" at the Capitol -- "It's like Cairo has moved to Madison these days."

By James B. Nelson • February 18, 2011

Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on February 14, 2011 an email blast to supporters

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "has threatened to call out the National Guard if workers protest against" changes to bargaining laws.

February 16, 2011

Terry Gorman
stated on January 6, 2011 a radio interview

"Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 6, 2011

William G. Batchelder
stated on January 4, 2011 an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM

Says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important "so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today – in the 70 to 80 percent range."

By Mark Naymik • February 5, 2011

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 31, 2011 a radio ad.

Congressman Robert Hurt has a plan to cut education by 40 percent.

By Jacob Geiger • February 4, 2011

Chain email
stated on January 20, 2011 a chain email and -- briefly -- a union web site

Gov. Scott Walker hired convicted Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen to oversee a raid on the state employee retirement system to help balance the state budget.

By James B. Nelson • January 21, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on December 19, 2010 an interview

Says the state's Medicaid waiver proposal "has languished in a file cabinet at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for more than two years."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 6, 2011

Charlie Sykes
stated on December 15, 2010 a comment made during his radio show

Says the University of Wisconsin football program is spending almost all of its Bowl Championship Series payout on a Rose Bowl junket for politically connected officials

By Dave Umhoefer • December 21, 2010

Ted Strickland
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign video

"Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends."

By Tom Feran • October 28, 2010

Kathie Glass
stated on October 19, 2010 a debate.

Says Rick Perry recently said he "wanted another (Texas) business tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 23, 2010

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