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Latest Fact-Checks On Scott Walker

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Scott Walker
stated on March 3, 2024 in TV interview:
“We just had 100% increase in layoffs.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • March 29, 2024
Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2024 in TV interview:
“(The) top issue for college students is the economy.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • February 2, 2024
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2023 in Interview:
“Wisconsin has historically … and I think largely continues to be, a blue state.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • October 31, 2023
Scott Walker
stated on January 5, 2023 in Twitter:
“Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.”
False
By Laura Schulte • January 25, 2023
Scott Walker
stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter:
“Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • January 13, 2023
Scott Walker
stated on January 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • January 28, 2021
Scott Walker
stated on June 5, 2020 in a tweet:
There are state workers who are “idle” at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Half-True
By Lawrence Andrea • June 17, 2020
Scott Walker
stated on February 24, 2020 in a tweet:
“Bernie (Sanders) is a communist.”
False
By Eric Litke • March 4, 2020
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2019 in a tweet:
“Wisconsin is a Top 10 state for health care coverage.”
True
By Eric Litke • June 25, 2019
Scott Walker
stated on January 16, 2019 in a tweet:
During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, “revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 5, 2019
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2018 in a session with reporters:
On taking major actions in a lame-duck session.
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • December 7, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to “illegal aliens.”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke, Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on October 9, 2018 in a video:
Says Tony Evers will “raise the gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Tony Evers will “raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on September 17, 2018 in a poll:
“Tony Evers says that tax dollars should pay for the abortions just like they pay for tonsillectomies.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 26, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Tony Evers “wants to cut Wisconsin’s prison population in half, a dangerous plan that today would mean releasing thousands of violent criminals back into…
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on September 5, 2018 in a TV ad:
“A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom,” along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn’t revoke the teacher’s license and “the teacher is…
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on August 7, 2018 in a tweet:
“A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%” and “that would require the release of thousands of violent…
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on June 19, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says he made “a record investment in schools.”  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on May 13, 2018 in a TV interview:
“By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed…
False
By D.L. Davis • July 5, 2018
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