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Chris Bowers
Chris Bowers
stated on November 30, 2011 an interview
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making voting more difficult by closing Department of Motor Vehicles offices where "low-income voters" live.
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 7, 2011
Karen Harrington
Karen Harrington
stated on November 12, 2011 an interview
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has blamed the Republicans for the creation of Hamas."  
False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2011 a television interview
The St. Norbert College/Wisconsin Public Radio poll has "been wrong in almost every election."
False
By James B. Nelson • December 4, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 19, 2011 several public statements
Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2011 a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board
The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
False
By Becky Bowers • December 1, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney has changed his position on supporting the TARP program.
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 30, 2011
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on November 29, 2011 a talk-show discussion
"For the past eight years, Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 30, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 23, 2011 an interview
Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."
False
By Eric Stirgus • November 29, 2011
Wisconsin Education Association Council
Wisconsin Education Association Council
stated on November 15, 2011 a news release
State budget cuts for local schools resulted in "nearly 4,000 educator layoffs"
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 28, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 21, 2011 an NJToday interview
"While (Chris Christie) talks about job creation, we don't see jobs being created in this state."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 28, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 15, 2011 a radio interview
"The overwhelming number" of school districts reported their staff stayed the same or grew after the 2011-’13 state budget  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 23, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on November 3, 2011 a news conference
Dem-controlled Ohio House voted "to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the Constitution" ... to "take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries."
False
By Joe Guillen • November 23, 2011
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper advertisement.
President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 11, 2011 remarks at Mandester, N.H. campaign headquarters
"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2011
Maurice Thompson
Maurice Thompson
stated on November 10, 2011 a news conference
Says unemployment in Ohio "is significantly higher than the unemployment rate in states which are not forced union states and it’s always been that way."
False
By Aaron Marshall • November 21, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on November 3, 2011 a speech before the East Jersey Tea Party
Says the state auditor found that 37 percent of the 428,000 students receiving free and reduced-price lunches are ineligible.
False
By Bill Wichert • November 20, 2011
Kurt Schuller
Kurt Schuller
stated on November 15, 2011 a tweet
Wisconsin law says all recall petition signers must sign in the presence of another person.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 18, 2011
Philip Keefe
Philip Keefe
stated on November 13, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 18, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 14, 2011 a press release
The United States' regulations "are among the most difficult in the world." 
False
By Amy Sherman • November 16, 2011
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