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Sarah Hauer

Sarah Hauer

PolitiFact Wisconsin contributor

Sarah Hauer, who holds a master's degree from Marquette University, is a summer 2016 intern at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a contributor to PolitiFact Wisconsin.

shauer@journalsentinel.com

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Latest Fact-Checks By Sarah Hauer

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2016 a campaign speech
Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • August 15, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech
"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 27, 2016 a letter to Department of Transportation officials
"For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation."
True
By Sarah Hauer • July 20, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 26, 2016 a TV interview
The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.
True
By Sarah Hauer • July 11, 2016
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 17, 2016 a radio interview
The Orlando shooter used "a weapon of war."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • July 1, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 3, 2016 a tweet
"Despite the rhetoric from Democrat politicians, more people are employed this year than at any point in the history of Wisconsin."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • June 27, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 26, 2016 a fundraising letter
Says Russ Feingold’s "campaign is powered by small-dollar contributions like ours."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • June 22, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech
The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • June 17, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 a radio interview
Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation."
True
By Sarah Hauer • June 9, 2016
Vicki Martin
Vicki Martin
stated on May 12, 2016 a presentation at a panel discussion
Only 50 percent of students from Milwaukee public high schools "go on to a two-or four-year college."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • May 27, 2016
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