#Walker16 says his straightforward approach is how he won 3 elections in WI. A look at his record
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#Walker16 says his straightforward approach is how he won 3 elections in WI. A look at his record suggests otherwise. http://www.wpr.org/straight-talking-walker-campaign-rhetoric-often-odds-his-record …
http://www.wpr.org/straight-talking-walker-campaign-rhetoric-often-odds-his-record
..............On issue after issue, Walker has been hard to pin down. He was asked repeatedly in 2014 by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board whether he supported a 20-week abortion ban.
"Do you believe abortion should be banned after 20 weeks?" asked a reporter for the paper during a video interview.
"Those are all things we'd have to look at in a future session out there," Walker replied.
But with his closely fought re-election bid behind him, Walker pushed for — and signed — just such a ban.
During the 2014 campaign, it became clear that state government was facing a projected budget deficit. Asked during a debate how he'd deal with that shortfall, Walker denied it even existed.
"We will have a $535 million surplus in the next state budget," he said.
That surplus was based on revenue growth that nobody was actually predicting and that never materialized. The budget shortfall did materialize, though. Walker filled it by delaying the repayment of state debt and making deep cuts to the University of Wisconsin System.........................
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