Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on June 24, 2014 in a web video:

When asked by a reporter whether he’s at the center of a "criminal scheme" to violate campaign laws, Gov. Scott Walker nodded yes.

By Dave Umhoefer • June 27, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:

"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."

By Dave Umhoefer • June 26, 2014

Mark Pocan
stated on June 16, 2014 in a press release:

Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."

By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 in a TV interview:

Says the secret John Doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been "resolved" and two judges have said it is "over."

By Dave Umhoefer • June 20, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on June 18, 2014 in a speech:

"The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies.

By Dave Umhoefer • June 18, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 18, 2014 in an interview:

"Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career" due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.

By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 in a radio interview:

"Graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since I took office."

By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on May 21, 2014 in a letter:

Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."

By Dave Umhoefer • May 29, 2014

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on May 19, 2014 in a news release:

Milwaukee has seen "an uptick in violence" since 2010, and "the only period of calm we get is when winter sets in."

By Dave Umhoefer • May 23, 2014

Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 in a radio interview:

"The average person who gets the minimum wage in America is 35 years old."

By Dave Umhoefer • May 21, 2014

Sean Duffy
stated on May 3, 2014 in an interview:

"Explosive growth in Medicare" is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.

By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2014

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on April 15, 2014 in a town-hall meeting:

President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."

By Dave Umhoefer • May 4, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 in a radio interview:

"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2014

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on April 20, 2014 in an opinion piece:

"Typical minimum wage earners in America are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 20, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 5, 2014 in a campaign email:

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s repeal of a 2009 law has left Wisconsin as "one of five states without an equal pay law protecting women from gender discrimination in their paycheck."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 13, 2014

Chris Taylor
stated on April 1, 2014 in a news release:

"Drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 9, 2014

Republican Governors Association
stated on March 17, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:

Under Mary Burke’s leadership, Commerce Department business-incentive programs had "major shortcomings" and "40 percent of jobs...didn’t materialize."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 3, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 in a jobs proposal:

"Wisconsin wages are declining at double the rate of other states."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 31, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on March 4, 2014 in a statement to reporters:

"Once our Blueprint for Prosperity is signed into law, we will have delivered $2 billion" in tax relief.

By Dave Umhoefer • March 12, 2014

Republican Governors Association
stated on February 13, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:

"(Mary) Burke was a senior member of the Doyle administration that left Wisconsin with 130,000 fewer jobs."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 5, 2014

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