Latest Fact-Checks By Dave Umhoefer

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David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on September 30, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says he’s "never asked for more" than inflationary budget increases in his 10 budgets as Milwaukee County sheriff
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 16, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 26, 2011 in a television interview:
Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2011
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
stated on September 22, 2011 in a radio address:
"Republicans enacted the most drastic cuts to K-12 public schools of any state in the nation."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 5, 2011
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on September 16, 2011 in a television interview:
The federal government is spending $46,000 a year per family (or group of four) and could balance its budget by dropping that to $30,000.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 19, 2011 in a news release:
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is backing President Barack Obama’s plan to pass a $1.5 trillion tax increase.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 23, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 2, 2011 in a campaign fundraising letter:
"I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 16, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 30, 2011 in remarks at a campaign fundraiser:
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "eliminates Medicare" in 10 years.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on August 26, 2011 in an interview :
On Milwaukee County government’s debt burden
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • September 2, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 18, 2011 in a television interview:
Public-employee unions spent $30 million in Wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the state Senate to Democratic control.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2011
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on June 30, 2011 in a news release:
"Before Medicare, only 51 percent of Americans 65 and older had health care coverage and nearly 30 percent lived below the poverty line. Today, thanks to Medicare ... nearly all seniors have coverage and 75 percent fewer struggle in poverty."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 25, 2011
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2011 in an op-ed piece in the Washington Times:
The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law’s hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up "an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 22, 2011
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 10, 2011 in an interview:
Democrats failed to flip the Wisconsin state Senate because recall elections were in the "deepest red districts in the state."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2011
Kim Simac
Kim Simac
stated on July 21, 2011 in a letter and news release:
Says Democratic state Sen. Jim Holperin "voted against a property tax freeze" in 2009 and then voted for a "$1.5 billion property tax hike."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 12, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2011 in a television ad:
Says GOP recall challenger Kim Simac "was delinquent paying her property taxes eight of the last nine years."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 12, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 9, 2011 in a television interview:
"Two elections in a row (Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus) has screwed up counting the vote"  
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 11, 2011
Wisconsin Sierra Club
Wisconsin Sierra Club
stated on July 23, 2011 in in campaign fliers:
Says state Sen. Alberta Darling is "allowing mercury to harm our children" because she voted against an electronics recycling bill.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on July 18, 2011 in a television ad:
"When Nancy Nusbaum was Brown County executive, spending went up nearly 50 percent."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on July 29, 2011 in a TV ad and campaign flier:
Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch, her recall opponent, "voted to allow public school employees to use taxpayer dollars to pick up the tab for…Viagra."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on July 25, 2011 in a television ad:
Says Sen. Luther Olsen, his recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants "not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors" with no oversight.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 4, 2011
Nancy Nusbaum
Nancy Nusbaum
stated on July 25, 2011 in a television ad:
Says Sen. Robert Cowles, her recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants "not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors" with no oversight.
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 4, 2011
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