Politifact has declared that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker lied when he said that he campaigned on the issue of ending collective bargaining “all throughout the (2010) election.” For added emphasis, Walker recently said: “Anybody who says they are shocked on this has been asleep for the past two years.”
But, after scouring through all of Walker’s campaign statements and press coverage of the gubernatorial contest, Politifact could find nothing remotely similar to the drastic measures the Badger State governor is now pushing.
“While Walker often talked about employees paying more for pensions and health care, in his budget-repair bill he connected it to collective bargaining changes that were far different from his campaign rhetoric in terms of how far his plan goes and the way it would be accomplished,” Politifact concluded. “We rate his statement ‘False.’”
