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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 21, 2011 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."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 23, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 22, 2011 a speech in Cleveland, Ohio
The president’s proposed budget "will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on February 18, 2011 a statement to reporters
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in his budget repair bill "is showing that no stone goes unturned as he asks everyone to tighten their belts."
False
By James B. Nelson • February 22, 2011
Tom Scott
Tom Scott
stated on February 8, 2011 a mayoral debate
A 2005 gay pride vote "had nothing to do with discrimination."
False
By Lee Logan • February 21, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on February 17, 2011 a segment on her television talk show
"Despite what you may have heard about Wisconsin’s finances, Wisconsin is on track to have a budget surplus this year."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 18, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on February 15, 2011 an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show"
The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2011
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on February 11, 2011 a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
"Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security."
False
By Lucas Graves • February 17, 2011
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on February 15, 2011 a statement on his television talk show
Under changes being debated, state employees in Wisconsin "who earn $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 a year might have 20 percent of their income just disappear overnight."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2011
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on February 13, 2011 an appearance on a TV interview program
Limiting labor negotiations to only wages is "how it is for the most part in the private sector."
False
By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech by Wayne LaPierre at the Conservative Political Action Conference
"Across the board, violent crime in jurisdictions that recognize the Right to Carry is lower than in areas that prevent it."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2011
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on January 31, 2011 a press release
A proposed immigration bill will "bankrupt Georgia" if passed.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 16, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference
"Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference
Under the White House’s budget proposal, "we will not be adding more to the national debt" by the middle of the decade.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 11, 2011 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."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 15, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 4, 2011 a comment on his television show
The Muslim Brotherhood has "openly stated they want to declare war on Israel."
False
By Lucas Graves • February 15, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 3, 2011 comments during a tour of a manufacturing plant.
The federal health care law is "probably the biggest tax increase ever in the history of our country."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 14, 2011
Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels
stated on February 8, 2011 a legislative hearing
A 5-cent charge on paper bags is a tax.
False
By Janie Har • February 13, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on January 20, 2011 a report
"The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Peter Lord • February 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 11, 2011 a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
"Today there are more men and women out of work in America than there are people working in Canada."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on January 31, 2011 a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors
When the Milwaukee County mental health facility is full, "cops sit out there in their squad cars with a mentally ill patient"  and sometimes "spend an entire shift out there doing that."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2011
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