Latest Fact Checks By Dave Umhoefer

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Glenn Grothman says 20 percent of federal budget is borrowed

December 3, 2014
"We’re borrowing 20% of (the federal) budget."
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Mario Loyola says even with cuts, Wisconsin spending and taxing tops Texas

December 1, 2014
"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…
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Joy Pullmann says Scott Walker couldn’t get legislature to significantly expand school choice

November 21, 2014
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…
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Peter Barca: GOP tax breaks 12 times larger for top earners

November 14, 2014
Republicans approved 12 times larger tax breaks for "people making over 350 grand" than for "the average middle-class person."
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Scott Walker: Obama visit failed to boost Democratic turnout in Milwaukee

November 12, 2014
"The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election…
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State Republican Party: 25,000 new businesses under Scott Walker

November 3, 2014
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
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Scott Walker says gender gap in his support similar to other GOP candidates

October 31, 2014
The gender gap in his support is "not unique to me" and "there’s not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial…
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Mary Burke says U.S. added jobs at twice Wisconsin’s rate

October 30, 2014
"The nation as a whole has created jobs at a rate that is two times the rate that we have created jobs here in Wisconsin…
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Scott Walker says his 250,000 jobs promise was a “big goal”

October 30, 2014
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
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Scott Walker says Mary Burke supported 18 percent tuition increase

October 27, 2014
"My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent."
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Mary Burke ad leaves impression Scott Walker at center of conspiracy that led to six convictions

October 23, 2014
Six convictions are connected to an allegation by prosecutors "that Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a criminal scheme."
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Scott Walker says budget shortfall prediction based on zero growth, which ‘just doesn’t happen’

October 23, 2014
The projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-’17 "actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. That just doesn’t happen."
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