Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Robin Vos
stated on May 30, 2014 in a radio interview:

"In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."

By James B. Nelson • June 11, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on April 30, 2014 in a news release:

Says Gov. Scott Walker "has made Wisconsin 2nd in the nation in losing jobs."

By James B. Nelson • June 2, 2014

Dan Kaufman
stated on March 29, 2014 in an opinion article:

The proposed Gogebic mine in northern Wisconsin "could be extended as long as 21 miles."

By James B. Nelson • May 8, 2014

Dan Kaufman
stated on March 29, 2014 in an opinion article:

A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste."

By James B. Nelson • May 8, 2014

Chris Taylor
stated on March 11, 2014 in a video:

"The Capitol rotunda was actually made to invite the people in and to accommodate protests."

By James B. Nelson • April 14, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on January 21, 2014 in an interview:

"Our state economic development agency under Walker, WEDC, actually isn’t even using the funds that are appropriated to it."

By James B. Nelson • March 23, 2014

stated on March 3, 2014 in an interview:

Using a surcharge on the cigarette tax to help pay for a new downtown sports arena "is not feasible under state law."

By James B. Nelson • March 13, 2014

Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2014 in a speech:

As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin "are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes."

By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on January 9, 2014 in a radio interview:

"Every year since Gov. Walker and the Republicans have been in control of the Legislature we’ve created fewer jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

By James B. Nelson • January 31, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 in a book:

Protesters in La Crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a State Patrol car carrying the governor and were "beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle." When the car was "extricated" from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.

By James B. Nelson • December 23, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 in a new book:

"We are experiencing the worst economic recovery America has ever had."

By James B. Nelson • December 11, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on September 24, 2013 in a news release:

"Wisconsin ranks No. 2 in economic growth", according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

By James B. Nelson • November 1, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on August 30, 2013 in an interview:

Says potential Democratic opponent Mary Burke "implemented the policies of Jim Doyle. Those are the policies that, in his last term, saw the state lose more than 133,000 jobs."

By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2013

Chris Larson
stated on May 19, 2013 in an interview:

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. "cannot account for creating one single job."

By James B. Nelson • June 20, 2013

John Nygren
stated on May 8, 2013 in a press conference:

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is a "proven job creator."

By James B. Nelson • June 19, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on March 27, 2013 in a fund raising letter:

"Obama for President and Baldwin for Senate have kept their campaign offices up and running in Fox Valley, Eau Claire and La Crosse with their staffs preparing for the next battle."

By James B. Nelson • May 6, 2013

MacIver Institute
stated on April 9, 2013 in a web posting:

"Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal."

By James B. Nelson • April 17, 2013

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on March 22, 2013 in a press release:

"75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the Obama Administration is closing are located in Republican Congressional Districts."

By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013

Evan Goyke
stated on March 7, 2013 in a speech:

"The hole in the earth that’s going to be dug (for the proposed Gogebic mine) is bigger than my entire district."

By James B. Nelson • March 22, 2013

Vicki McKenna
stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio talk show broadcast:

A proposed ban on hollow-point bullets and bullets that expand upon impact "essentially bans deer hunting."

By James B. Nelson • March 10, 2013

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