Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Mark Pocan
stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference:

"When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 16, 2015

Robin Vos
stated on March 12, 2015 in an interview:

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed reduction in university spending is "about the size of the one" under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, but Democrats didn’t treat Doyle’s cut as so dire.

By Dave Umhoefer • March 25, 2015

Peter Barca
stated on March 12, 2015 in a televised interview:

"The average faculty member at UW-Madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year" in grant money.

By Dave Umhoefer • March 23, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 1, 2015 in an interview:

The University of Wisconsin System "will be much more affordable than just about any other campus in America" because "going forward we have a cap on it tied to inflation."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 9, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 1, 2015 in an interview:

On the status of illegal immigrants

By Dave Umhoefer • March 6, 2015

Wisconsin Contractor Coalition
stated on February 23, 2015 in a website claim:

Says Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s "own 2014 survey revealed that just 15 percent of business executive respondents were in favor of Right-To-Work legislation."

By Dave Umhoefer • February 25, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 in an interview:

On counting state budget shortfalls

By Dave Umhoefer • February 13, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 3, 2015 in his budget speech:

Borrowing in my 2015-’17 state budget is less than half that in my predecessor’s last budget and "the lowest it has been in a decade."

By Dave Umhoefer • February 10, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 1, 2015 in an interview:

On the status of illegal immigrants

By Dave Umhoefer • February 4, 2015

X posts
stated on January 23, 2015 in various social media postings:

The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.

By Dave Umhoefer • January 26, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on January 14, 2015 in a newspaper opinion piece:

Federal officials declared that grant funds "could be used only for Milwaukee's streetcar project," meaning it "isn’t possible" to redirect the money to "other modes of public transportation or to our public schools."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 19, 2015

Julaine Appling
stated on January 6, 2015 in a radio interview:

Polls on legalizing same-sex marriage "are not dramatically changing."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 16, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on December 12, 2014 in a tweet:

"My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 18, 2014

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece:

"Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 17, 2014

Robin Vos
stated on December 4, 2014 in various interviews:

On timing of right to work legislation

By Dave Umhoefer • December 10, 2014

Alberta Darling
stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview:

At the 50 Milwaukee schools serving "at least 80% African-American and at least 80% low income" students, the reading proficiency is 8%.

By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2014

Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2014 in an interview:

"We’re borrowing 20% of (the federal) budget."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 3, 2014

Mario Loyola
stated on November 5, 2014 in an opinion piece:

"Wisconsin’s state budget is almost twice as large per person as the state budget of Texas, and even after billions in tax cuts, Wisconsin’s working families and businesses remain subject to a heavy tax burden."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 1, 2014

Joy Pullmann
stated on November 11, 2014 in an opinion piece:

Scott Walker "couldn’t get his own party" to back more than a 500-student increase in Milwaukee’s school choice program, but in Indiana, "Mitch Daniels’ voucher program is approaching 30,000 students two years after opening."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 21, 2014

Peter Barca
stated on November 7, 2014 in an interview:

Republicans approved 12 times larger tax breaks for "people making over 350 grand" than for "the average middle-class person."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2014

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