Latest Fact-Checks By Dave Umhoefer

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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 17, 2012 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson "wants to give a new $265,000 tax cut to millionaires like himself while raising taxes on the middle class."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 27, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate hopeful Tammy Baldwin voted for a $1 trillion stimulus bill that included a wasteful "$800,000 to replace light bulbs."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 in a tweet:
Says "Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 17, 2012
stated on August 12, 2012 in a radio appearance:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson is "a big corporate lobbyist" and has been "lobbying during the middle of the campaign."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 10, 2012
stated on July 13, 2012 in a television ad:
As a congressman, Mark Neumann "voted four times to increase our debt."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 13, 2012 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has ‘no problem with raising taxes.’  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 1, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech:
"Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 30, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 in an op-ed piece:
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on July 9, 2012 in news conference remarks:
Says she "stood up to" Gov. Scott Walker on tax cuts "for wealthy corporations" while her congressional opponent voted with Walker.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 13, 2012
stated on July 2, 2012 in a news release:
The United States can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 12, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech:
By eliminating the public intervenor’s office, "I was the first one to fire Kathleen Falk."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 5, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on June 14, 2012 in a radio appearance:
The Wisconsin Retirement System for public employees is "a self-funded pension plan" and "it’s the money of the workers’ that funds it."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 4, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 7, 2012 in a speech:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson said he wants to "do away with Medicare."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 28, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech:
"The median income in America has dropped by 10 percent in the last four years."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 27, 2012
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on June 8, 2012 in a speech:
"70 percent of the people who voted" on June 5, 2012, "just didn’t feel comfortable with the recall of the governor," weakening any idea that Wisconsin is "fully behind this Walker agenda."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 6, 2012 in a radio appearance:
"Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on March 21, 2012 in an interview:
"Minnesota has passed and Indiana has passed" right to work laws making union membership and dues optional
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 11, 2012
stated on May 24, 2012 in a website alert:
Says Gov. Scott Walker made "draconian cuts" to public safety budgets that put police officers at "greater risk of harm."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 3, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2012 in a debate:
The federal government "reviewed and verified" his administration’s numbers showing Wisconsin added 23,608 jobs in 2011.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 1, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2012 in a recall debate:
"We’ve seen property taxes go down for the first time in 12 years on a median valued home."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 1, 2012
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