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."

By Tom Kertscher • February 22, 2011

Scott Walker
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview:

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

By Tom Kertscher • 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.

By Tom Kertscher • 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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