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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 19, 2011 a news release
At protests in Wisconsin against proposed collective bargaining changes, "phony sick notes (were) passed out to excuse striking union members."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 21, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview
Says under his budget-repair bill, "collective bargaining is fully intact."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 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
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
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.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 16, 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
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
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on January 26, 2011 a news conference
"United States students are achieving at number 25 out of 29 developing countries when it comes to science and math."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2011
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on January 31, 2011 a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors
"We currently have one guy who is in charge of painting the entire Milwaukee County parks system."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 4, 2011
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on January 28, 2011 a news release
"Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature have added over $140 million in new special interest spending"
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 25, 2011 a campaign TV ad
Says he "helped lead an outside audit that’ll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2011
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on January 13, 2011 a news release
"Republican (small business tax cut) bill spends $80 million for better Google searches, not job creation"
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2011
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on January 12, 2011 a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors
"We’ve saved over $100 million of (health care) costs" in Milwaukee County. "I did that."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2011
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on December 27, 2010 a television interview
Says 15,000 IRS employees "have to be added to administer ‘ObamaCare’ and look at the tax implications."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2011
Jim Doyle
Jim Doyle
stated on December 19, 2010 a television interview
Says he "had to impose tougher cost controls on state employees than" any previous Wisconsin governor.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 11, 2011
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on November 2, 2010 a campaign mailer
Says he "led the effort to build a new (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) engineering campus in Wauwatosa."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2011
stated on November 19, 2010 a newsletter to Milwaukee residents
"More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 5, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper
"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2011
John McCain
John McCain
stated on December 14, 2010 a statement on the U.S. Senate floor
Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included  "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2010
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on December 12, 2010 a television interview
Right-to-work states "have higher rates of income growth."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 17, 2010
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on December 9, 2010 a news release
Governor-elect Scott Walker’s opposition to high-speed rail "killed 13,000 Wisconsin jobs"
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2010
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