Latest Fact-checks by Devon Waugh Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Bob Donovan stated on July 29, 2014 in an interview: Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers "has not increased." Ron Johnson stated on May 28, 2014 in statement at a town hall meeting: "Kids coming from an affluent background" are "taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants" while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab. David A. Clarke Jr. stated on July 27, 2014 in an interview: "I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus." Scott Walker stated on June 19, 2014 in a news conference: "We in this state saw more job creation in the last three years since I've been governor than you saw in the whole eight years of Doyle’s time as governor." Mary Burke stated on June 2, 2014 in an interview: "Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education." Tammy Baldwin stated on May 8, 2014 in an interview: "This generation, on average, is starting their careers, if they’ve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt."
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Bob Donovan stated on July 29, 2014 in an interview: Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers "has not increased." Ron Johnson stated on May 28, 2014 in statement at a town hall meeting: "Kids coming from an affluent background" are "taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants" while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab. David A. Clarke Jr. stated on July 27, 2014 in an interview: "I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus." Scott Walker stated on June 19, 2014 in a news conference: "We in this state saw more job creation in the last three years since I've been governor than you saw in the whole eight years of Doyle’s time as governor." Mary Burke stated on June 2, 2014 in an interview: "Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education." Tammy Baldwin stated on May 8, 2014 in an interview: "This generation, on average, is starting their careers, if they’ve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt."
Bob Donovan stated on July 29, 2014 in an interview: Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers "has not increased."
Ron Johnson stated on May 28, 2014 in statement at a town hall meeting: "Kids coming from an affluent background" are "taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants" while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab.
David A. Clarke Jr. stated on July 27, 2014 in an interview: "I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus."
Scott Walker stated on June 19, 2014 in a news conference: "We in this state saw more job creation in the last three years since I've been governor than you saw in the whole eight years of Doyle’s time as governor."
Mary Burke stated on June 2, 2014 in an interview: "Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education."
Tammy Baldwin stated on May 8, 2014 in an interview: "This generation, on average, is starting their careers, if they’ve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt."
