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Friday, March 25, 2011

Busted: Walker lies about support

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Gov. Walker is under investigations for grossly overstating the support he was getting from citizens of Wisconsin through emails.

AP
On February 17th his numbers were way off in a press conference:
"The more than 8,000 emails we got today, the majority are telling us to stay firm, to stay strong, to stand with the taxpayers ... while the protesters have every right to be heard, I'm going to make sure the taxpayers of the state are heard and their voices are not drowned out by those circling the Capitol."
Watch the whole announcement:
 

After those misleading statements the governor was ordered to release the emails and pay $7000 for legal fees in a settlement with the Wisconsin Associated Press and Isthmus (a local WI publication).
Since sorting through the evidence, AP is now reporting that Walker had no business telling the press that "the majority" was in  support of his labor-busting bill--sometimes emails were even pouring into his inbox at a rate of 5 -1 in opposition.

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