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David A. Clarke Jr.

David A. Clarke Jr.

David A. Clarke Jr. served as Milwaukee County sheriff from 2002 to 2017.

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David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on March 15, 2020 a tweet
Says coronavirus is just “the damn flu.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • March 19, 2020
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on December 30, 2017 a tweet
Says Hillary Clinton once said "the average Democrat voter is just plain stupid, they’re easy to manipulate."  
Pants on Fire!
January 5, 2018
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on February 17, 2017 a tweet
Says Michelle Obama "said she was never proud of her country til they elected her husband POTUS."
False
February 23, 2017
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview
Says Barack Obama "said black males are two times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than white males" and "that is a lie" because "there is no data."
Mostly False
August 3, 2016
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech
"Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries."  
False
June 29, 2016
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on April 26, 2015 an interview
The man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was "back on the street" because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only "served two years."  
Mostly False
April 30, 2015
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 27, 2014 an interview
"I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus."
False
By Devon Waugh • August 8, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on May 19, 2014 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."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 23, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview
Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 "I pay in property taxes per year."  
False
February 7, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 22, 2013 a speech
"When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 3, 2013
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 25, 2013 a radio interview
"I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.
Mostly False
January 31, 2013
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on February 19, 2012 a television interview
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "eliminated" sheriff’s office funding for providing security for presidential and presidential campaign visits.  
Half-True
March 21, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 remarks
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
February 13, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on September 30, 2011 a radio interview
Says he’s "never asked for more" than inflationary budget increases in his 10 budgets as Milwaukee County sheriff
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 16, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About David A. Clarke Jr.

Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on May 18, 2017 an interview
Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."  
Half-True
May 26, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 a fund-raising email
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
April 17, 2017
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. advised citizens to "point that barrel center mass and pull the trigger" because "911 is not our best option."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 7, 2014
John Chisholm
John Chisholm
stated on June 2, 2014 a letter
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work."
Mostly True
June 30, 2014
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on December 15, 2011 a television interview
Says Milwaukee County buses are no less safe now than a year or two ago.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 5, 2012
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