Statements we say are Pants on Fire!

"Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal."

"In 2012, 1 in 4 Wisconsin schools had a subpar score on the Department of Public Instruction’s recent report cards" and are "failing" the children they serve.

Wisconsin state lawmakers worked seven days in 2012 but got "paid for a whole year."

"We just had someone last week in Neenah near a school kill someone with a bow and arrow."

Wisconsin has created "just under 100,000" jobs since he took office.  

Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."

An aide "acted on his own" and "was not representing the Thompson campaign" when he sent an email criticizing the sexual orientation of U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin.

Says "millions of dollars in tax breaks" were paid for "by busting unions, cutting BadgerCare, and raising taxes on the poor and the middle class, thanks to Elizabeth Coggs' help."

Says U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy is among seven "Tea Party freshmen" who "spent an average of $15,000 on cars for themselves." 

Says "Obamacare" is "the largest middle-class tax increase in history."

"Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Sean Duffy’s Republican Majority."

Says "Barack Obama and his team" are "socialists in every respect of the word."

Says GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin "voted twice to end Medicare."

Federal health care reforms amounted to ‘the government takeover of health care.’

"Scott Walker has a plan to privatize state lands" and "wants to sell our deer to the highest bidder."

Gov. Scott Walker is helping pay for the criminal defense of a man accused of "boy rape."

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget "calls for raising property taxes by nearly $500 billion."

Says the Wisconsin Republican Party tweeted "Happy International Women's Day! You ladies should get paid less and not be able to make health care decisions."

A 10-year state program that created 202 jobs at a cost of $247,000 per job was approved by former Gov. Jim Doyle.

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker eliminated "cancer screenings for uninsured women" and offered "no alternatives."  

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