Statements we say are Pants on Fire!

Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.

As part of efforts to rein in protesters, Republicans in Wisconsin have "bolted windows inside the Capitol shut."

Hitler "abolished unions and that’s what" Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is "doing today."

Says under his budget-repair bill, "collective bargaining is fully intact."

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to limit collective bargaining rights has led to "riots" at the Capitol -- "It's like Cairo has moved to Madison these days."

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "has threatened to call out the National Guard if workers protest against" changes to bargaining laws.

Four state Assembly Democrats "scored a death blow to northeast Wisconsin’s economy" by killing hundreds of jobs at a potential Bass Pro Shops near Green Bay.

The city building code violations on my properties only involve exterior issues; "within the households, it’s fine."

"Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature have added over $140 million in new special interest spending"

Gov. Scott Walker hired convicted Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen to oversee a raid on the state employee retirement system to help balance the state budget.

Says the University of Wisconsin football program is spending almost all of its Bowl Championship Series payout on a Rose Bowl junket for politically connected officials

"Already, the mayor of Green Bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new VA center."

Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker "increased his own pay by $50,000."

Says state Senate candidate "Monk Elmer voted to exceed the (school district property tax) spending caps."

Says Republican candidates in key Wisconsin Assembly races "side with those who want to privatize Social Security -- and risk our retirements on Wall Street."

"I lost my health insurance and my doctor because of Obamacare."

Says "Tom Barrett supports a government takeover of our health care"

Says Steve Kagen "promised us jobs, voting for the $787 billion stimulus. Cost: another 77,000 jobs lost."

Says "the headlines … tell the story" of how Walker has "mismanaged" Milwaukee County

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