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Scott Walker is governor of Wisconsin, born in 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. After college he entered politics as a Republican starting as an Assemblyman in the state legislature, then as Milwaukee County Executive. He is running for president in the 2016 elections. He is best known for standing up to unions, limiting collective bargaining rights, and balancing budgets by cutting spending. He is married to Tonette Tarantino and they have two sons.

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21 Sep, 2015

Drops out of race

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Walker drops out of the 2016 presidential race, and urged some of his rivals to do the same so the party can unite against the leading candidate, Donald Trump.

Today I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive, conservative message can rise to the top of the field. With this in mind, I will suspend my campaign immediately. I encourage other Republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same, so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front-runner.

Scott Walker drops out of 2016 presidential race

4 Aug, 2015

Chosen for GOP debate

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The candidates for the GOP Presidential debate are announced: Trump, Bush, Walker, Huckabee, Carson, Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Christie and Kasich will appear on stage on Aug 6 in Cleveland, OH. RNC chairman Priebus:

Our field is the biggest and most diverse of any party in history and I am glad to see that every one of those extremely qualified candidates will have the opportunity to participate on Thursday evening. Republicans across the country will be able to choose which candidate has earned their support after hearing them talk through the issues.

20 Jul, 2015

Signs 20-week abortion bill

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Walker signs bill into law that bans abortion beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy. The law applies to non-emergency abortions only. No exceptions apply for those pregnancies that result from incest or rape. Abortions may be performed beyond the 20 week period if the mother is likely to die or suffer irreversible injury within 24 hours. A violation of the law constitutes a felony and may result in a fine up to $10,000 and 3 1/2 years in prison. Civil suits and penalties are also possible.

For people, regardless of where they might stand, when an unborn child can feel pain I think most people feel it’s appropriate to protect that child.

Scott Walker Press Conference - FLS 2015

16 Jul, 2015

Investigation shut down

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court orders a special state prosecutor to shut down an investigation into Walker’s political fundraising and permanently destroy all the evidence it has collected:

To be clear, this conclusion ends the…investigation because the special prosecutor’s legal theory is unsupported in either reason or law.

 

13 Jul, 2015

Running for President

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Walker declares his candidacy for President, portraying himself as a man who gets things done, who got a conservative agenda passed in a state that normally supports Democrats, and who has curtailed the power of labor unions.

In the Republican field, there are some who are good fighters, but they haven’t won those battles. And there are others who’ve won elections, but haven’t consistently taken on the big fights. We showed you can do both. I am running for president to fight and win for the American people.

 

26 May, 2015

May cede Florida primary

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Walker says he may not compete in Florida’s March 15 primary to gain an financial advantage.

If we chose to get in, I don’t think there’s a state out there we wouldn’t play in…I mean, other than maybe Florida, where Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are at least in some of the polls essentially tied….They’re going to eat up a good amount of that financial advantage that Governor Bush is going to have. A good chunk of that will be gone after the Florida primary.

25 May, 2015

‘Next president must shrink government’

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Walker says that the next president must shrink federal government for it to succeed in an interview to the Breitbart News.

Right now, at the federal level, we have a federal government that’s too big to fail. We need a government that’s small enough to succeed. One of the most important ways we can do that is by taking chunks of it and sending it back to the states.

He also says that he is moving closer to making a decision on running for president and would disclose it by July.

My state budget is done at the end of June, and so obviously my number one responsibility over that period is to complete a state budget—and so I’ve said in state and publicly that I won’t make any declaration about my intentions until after that…It will be shortly thereafter, not too far after the first of July.

17 May, 2015

Face the Nation interview

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Walker gives an interview to Schieffer on Face the Nation. Walker blames Clinton for creating a foreign policy mess and promises that his foreign policy would be a complete contrast to that of Clinton.

If I choose to get in this race, [foreign policy is] something I’m going to lay out a very clear plan for what we should do going forward, and how we should address the issues we face here in America and the issues we face around the world. I think there’s a wide open door to lay out a very clear doctrine. And I do think that if foreign policy plays an important role, the contrast would be clear.

Scott Walker Talks Foreign Policy On Face The Nation

16 May, 2015

Criticizes Obama’s foreign policy

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Walker criticizes Obama’s foreign policy and calls for an aggressive stance against terrorism.

 Obama’s foreign policy has been to draw a red line in the sand and allow people to cross it…. United States should deal with terrorism head on and take the fight to them.

14 Mar, 2015

Denies immigration flip-flop

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Walker denies that he has flip-flopped on issues related immigration.

It’s just a narrative from the other campaigns in response to the fact that we have a strong reputation for keeping our word…This is one that we listened to the people all across the country-particularly the board of governors-and saw how this president messed that up and that’s an issue where I think people want leaders who are willing to listen to people.

1 Feb, 2015

This Week interview

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Walker talks about the possibility of putting U.S. boots on the ground to fight ISIS in Syria in an interview to ABC’s This Week.

We have to be – go beyond just aggressive air strikes. We have to look at other surgical methods. And ultimately, we have to be prepared to put boots on the ground if that’s what it takes…I don’t think that’s an immediate plan…I wouldn’t rule anything out. I think when you have the lives of Americans at stake and our freedom loving allies anywhere in the world, we have to be prepared to do things that don’t allow those measures, those attacks, those abuses to come to our shores.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on ABC's This Week

5 Jun, 2012

Wins recall election

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Walker wins the recall election against Tom Barrett by about 7%.

Tonight we tell Wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders that stand up and make the tough decisions.

23 Apr, 2012

Policies save $1 billion

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Walker reports that his policies of limiting public employees’ collective bargaining rights have saved state and local governments more than $1 billion.

It’s not just about saving money and balancing the budget. It’s about new ways to provide services.

16 Apr, 2012

Property taxes decrease

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According to Wisconsin’s Department of Revenue, for the first time in twelve years property taxes have decreased on average throughout the state due to Walker’s reforms, limiting collective bargaining rights and cutting state funding to public schools.

Our reforms have reversed a decade of property tax increases from previous administrations. For the first time in over ten years, the average property taxpayer will have more money in his or her pocket than the year before.

5 Apr, 2012

Repeals Equal Pay Enforcement Act

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Walker signs a bill repealing the 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act which allowed workers to sue employers for wage discrimination in the cheaper and more accessible state courts rather than in federal court. Senator Grothman argues the act was hurting businesses who had to defend themselves from false accusations of discrimination:

It’s an underreported problem, but a huge number of discrimination claims are baseless. Most of them are filed by fired employees, and really today almost anybody is a protected class. As a result many companies are forced to pay fired employees to go away [and it has] raised the cost of doing business in the state to intolerable levels.

Senator Sinicki, who co-authored the act, opposes its repeal:

This whole session has been anti-woman and anti-middle class, and this fits right in with that agenda.

30 Mar, 2012

Recall signatures certified

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The Government Accountability Board certifies 900,939 signatures clearing the way for a recall election against Walker which will take place June 5. A Democratic Party spokesman:

This was the greatest petition campaign in American history for a reason – Scott Walker’s radical overreach and abuse of power.

Walker:

It gives us a great opportunity to tell our story, to tell that we’re turning things around, how we’re heading in the right direction, how we’re moving Wisconsin forward. But we’ve got a lot more to do.

15 Feb, 2012

Obama, Walker meet

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Walker greets Obama on the Milwaukee airport tarmac and presents him with a Milwaukee Brewer’s baseball jersey that has Obama’s name and the number 1 written on the back. Obama is visiting the Master Lock Company to highlight the Midwest’s manufacturing sector. Obama:

What’s happening in Detroit can happen in other industries.

Walker:

The bottom line is we’re one of the biggest, most dependent on manufacturing of any state in the country. We appreciate the fact that the president’s focusing on manufacturing.

17 Jan, 2012

Limbaugh interviews Walker

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Limbaugh interviews Walker by telephone. They talk about the recall campaign, the unions and collective bargaining and how Walker’s reforms are working: changing a $3.6 billion deficit into a projected $300 million surplus without raising taxes or layoffs, the schools are the same or better, school taxes decreased, net gain in jobs, protecting core services, and saving city governments millions of dollars.

We took on our problems head on, we took them on. We thought more about our kids and our grandkids’ future than we did our own political futures. And, in the end, I believe I still have faith in the American voter and the voter in Wisconsin, I believe, if given the truth, the majority of people in our state will say, ‘You know what, we want leaders who do what they say they’re gonna do. We want leaders who think about the future, not just about being worried about what group may run ads against them.’

More than 1 million recall signatures filed

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Democrats file more than one million signatures for the recall effort against Walker. Vice-chairman of United Wisconsin:

It is beyond legal challenge. The collection of more than one million signatures represents a crystal-clear indication of how strong the appetite is to stop the damage and turmoil that Scott Walker has brought to Wisconsin.