Latest Fact-Checks By Sarah Hauer

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Scott Walker
stated on August 15, 2015 in a radio interview:

Israel has seen a "90 percent reduction in terrorist attacks" that it attributes to building a 500-mile fence.

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • October 2, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 1, 2015 in a television interview:

Obamacare doesn’t require members of Congress "to abide by the same rules that all of the other Americans do."

False

By Sarah Hauer • September 28, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2015 in a statement on Twitter:

"Since I took office, Wisconsin now has the 2nd highest health care quality ranking in the country."

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2015 in a tweet:

Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama.

Mostly False

By Sarah Hauer • July 27, 2015

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on July 8, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says "Scott Walker’s bad budget includes: No weekend for workers."

False

By Sarah Hauer • July 21, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 in a statement:

"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."

Mostly True

By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015

Ted Kanavas
stated on June 12, 2015 in a political talk show:

"Less than 1 percent of all the education dollars that we spend are spent on private (school) voucher programs."

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • July 2, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire:

"Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally."

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • June 23, 2015

Forecast the Facts
stated on June 2, 2015 in a statement on a web page.:

Says Scott Walker runs a state government that bans "employees from talking about climate change."

False

By Sarah Hauer • June 16, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview:

"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015

Dale Kooyenga
stated on May 22, 2015 in :

Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, "the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent."

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • June 10, 2015

David Bowen
stated on May 11, 2015 in a news release:

"Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools."

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • June 4, 2015

Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2015 in a tweet:

"There are more members of the U.S. Senate than the number of WI families who would benefit from GOP estate tax break."

Mostly True

By Sarah Hauer • May 20, 2015

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