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Latest Fact-Checks By Dave Umhoefer

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 3, 2014 a press release
Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 10, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 28, 2014 a TV ad
"Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2014 a speech in Milwaukee
"We cut our deficits by more than half."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2014
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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 25, 2014 a campaign television ad
In the latest jobs numbers Wisconsin "ranked third in the Midwest."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"Wisconsin’s dead last in Midwest job growth."
True
By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 14, 2014 various blogs and Internet comments
Wisconsin is "dead last in income growth" among midwestern states during Gov. Scott Walker’s term.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2014
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on July 29, 2014 an interview
Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers "has not increased."
True
By Dave Umhoefer, Devon Waugh • August 18, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 30, 2014 a tweet
"Wisconsin is #1 in the Midwest for personal income growth over the year."  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2014
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on July 30, 2014 an online video
Says GOP primary opponents Glenn Grothman and Joe Leibham cast a "compromise vote that cost $788 million" in higher electricity costs.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 10, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. advised citizens to "point that barrel center mass and pull the trigger" because "911 is not our best option."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 7, 2014
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on July 29, 2014 a speech
"There has never been an alderman who has defeated an incumbent mayor in the history of this great city."  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 6, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 24, 2014 an interview
"Mitt Romney did not run his campaign on the basis of arguing his experience in the business world was a reason to vote for him."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 4, 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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 28, 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
Gary George
Gary George
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview
"I created the school choice program."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 13, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"As Jim Doyle’s Commerce secretary, Mary Burke spent $12.5 million dollars to buy a vacant lot for a company that said it had no plans to create jobs in Wisconsin" and had laid off 800 workers.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 10, 2014
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on June 24, 2014 a letter to Milwaukee County supervisors
A statewide poll showing 76 percent support and other surveys are a "strong indicator" of  broad public support in Milwaukee County for a $10.10 minimum wage
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 7, 2014
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