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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.

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Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 23, 2017 in a segment on "Fox News Sunday":

"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."

By Allison Graves • April 23, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2016 in a campaign speech :

Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.

By Sarah Hauer • August 15, 2016
Paul Ryan
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech:

"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."

By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2016
Scott Walker
stated on June 27, 2016 in a letter to Department of Transportation officials:

"For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation."

By Sarah Hauer • July 20, 2016
Paul Ryan
stated on June 26, 2016 in a TV interview:

The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.

By Sarah Hauer • July 11, 2016
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 17, 2016 in a radio interview:

The Orlando shooter used "a weapon of war."

By Sarah Hauer • July 1, 2016
Scott Walker
stated on June 3, 2016 in a tweet:

"Despite the rhetoric from Democrat politicians, more people are employed this year than at any point in the history of Wisconsin."

By Sarah Hauer • June 27, 2016
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 26, 2016 in a fundraising letter:

Says Russ Feingold’s "campaign is powered by small-dollar contributions like ours."

By Sarah Hauer • June 22, 2016
Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 in a speech:

The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."

By Sarah Hauer • June 17, 2016
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 in a radio interview:

Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation."

By Sarah Hauer • June 9, 2016

Our June High Five: Readers ran to Walker items

By Sarah Hauer • July 1, 2015