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Claim: "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street." (Lincoln Project, 2020-05-05)
Evidence (2017-04-19): Financial reform enacted through the Dodd-Frank Act has made a lot of necessary progress since the crisis. U.S. banks have more substantial loss-absorbing capital cushions, increasingly rely on stable sources of funding, undergo rigorous stress testing, and plan for their orderly failure. President Trump’s intent to dismantle these reforms only helps Wall Street’s bottom line—ignoring the memory of every family who lost their home, every worker who lost his or her job, and every consumer who was peddled a toxic financial product.15 [...] The fact that President Donald Trump and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling are well on their way to choosing Wall Street over Main Street and letting Wall Street choose its own rules is not surprising, but the lack of subtlety is striking. The provisions in the Financial CHOICE Act show a malicious disregard for the lessons learned in the financial crisis. Erasing the progress made on financial stability, consumer protection, and the concentration of economic power on Wall Street would make the real economy far more vulnerable to the daily ravages of the worst financial practices, as well as to another serious financial crisis and ensuing recession. Lack of accountability would grow worse, not better, devastating the societal fabric of trust that deeply needs to be rebuilt. Too many workers lost their jobs, too many families lost their homes and wealth, and too many consumers were wronged for the United States to go back to those precrisis ways.
Claim: "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street." (Lincoln Project, 2020-05-05)
Evidence (2020-03-19): What Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Bailout Gets Right, and Wrong [...] But the real question would be who qualifies for a bailout, and what would make them deserving. Trump recently pointed out that cruise lines are not at fault for their ongoing plunge in bookings, but one prominent Republican told me in an email: "No aid to cruise lines. Not essential. Owned by foreigners who don’t pay taxes or billionaires." Climate-conscious Democrats are likely to be even less enthusiastic about bailouts for oil and gas interests that have been battered by the virus and an overseas price war. And bailouts for the tourism and hospitality industries could be even more controversial, partly because it’s even less clear how they’re essential to national survival, partly because Democrats will not want to bail out the international hotelier who currently lives in the White House. [...] In general, the Trump approach favors aid to businesses over aid to governments or the needy. And at least for now, it opts for just a few massive programs rather than a litany of small programs, an approach that will be sorely tested on Capitol Hill.
Claim: "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street." (Lincoln Project, 2020-05-05)
Evidence (2020-05-14): Experts from across the political spectrum already are concerned that the Main Street program will not come close to meeting the ambitious goals touted by the administration. They worry it will move too slowly, that lenders won’t embrace it and that companies won’t seek out the loans because they’re not sure whether they’ll be able to pay them back. [...] Under the paycheck program, small companies applied to banks for government loans that would be forgiven if they used most of the money to keep workers on payroll. Main Street, in contrast, is a pure loan program designed to make sure that companies with solid business models make it through lockdowns required to stop the pandemic. Recipients have a year before they have to start paying back the loan, which can range from $500,000 all the way up to $200 million, and they’re barred from issuing dividends or buying back stock until a year after the loan is paid back. [...] In fact, those conditions were little more than suggestions, which the Trump administration and the Fed quickly cast aside. The Fed’s Main Street program includes none of those protections; instead, it requires companies only to make "commercially reasonable" efforts to keep employees. There is essentially nothing stopping companies that take the loans from laying off more workers.
Claim: "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street." (Lincoln Project, 2020-05-05)
Evidence (2019-06-12): While it is hard to remember now, Trump was the most anti–Wall Street presidential candidate since FDR in the 1930s. He attacked Wall Street relentlessly, directly, and explicitly throughout the campaign and attacked his opponent, Hillary Clinton, nonstop for being in the pocket of Wall Street. He even put the then-CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, in his last campaign ad as one of the biggest threats to the people of the United States. As the Center for Public Integrity put it, Trump "made Wall Street excess one of the boogeymen of his campaign." Obviously, President Trump never met Candidate Trump, because President Trump has merged the White House with Wall Street and adopted big finance's priorities as this administration's top priorities. [...] While all are important, the deregulation of systemically significant nonbanks is worth singling out, because it illustrates the Trump administration's sheer recklessness. This will recreate the two-tier regulatory system that incentivizes and rewards regulatory arbitrage and a bailout culture. The implications for financial stability are immense.
Claim: "Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street." (Lincoln Project, 2020-05-05)
Evidence (2020-08-03): This time, Washington bailed out Main Street. Congress’s multitrillion-dollar covid-19 legislation contained tens of billions in aid for airlines and other large businesses. The Federal Reserve has helped out Wall Street with $2 trillion in asset purchases so far. [...] There is no immediate issue of "moral hazard"; the Main Street bailout does not reward speculative excess but compensates for imposed losses. Come to think of it, unemployment insurance, or UI, and direct payments during the pandemic have probably helped stabilize banks, too, since they have had less bad credit card and mortgage debt to write off.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2021-09-29): Former Gov. Scott Walker signed a number of abortion restrictions while in office that former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, now running for governor, supported. They include a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, limits on medication abortions, prohibiting the procedure from being covered through the health care exchange, requiring providers to have hospital admitting privileges and preventing providers from getting money from state family planning grants. The abortion ban after 20 weeks carried with it a punishment of up to 3.5 years in prison for a provider who performed the procedure after that timeframe. Although Walker, not Kleefisch, pushed these restrictions through, she has long been a pro-life candidate, and pro-life groups gave her credit for some of them.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2021-09-08): Kleefisch faced a recall along with her boss, Gov. Scott Walker, who also won his recall election. Walker and Kleefisch are both Republicans. [...] Kleefisch’s role in the process, at least publicly, appeared marginal. However, as Walker’s second-in-command she found herself caught up in the same wave of anger that was directed at her boss and several other GOP lawmakers. [...] "I figured if she (Kleefisch) is working with Walker, then I was going to vote for the other one," said Kutner, 23, an armored-car driver.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2022-03-22): Candidate Profile: Rebecca Kleefisch For Wisconsin Governor MILWAUKEE, WI — Rebecca Kleefisch, the former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, is looking to win the governor seat from Gov. Tony Evers. She's a pro-police candidate and is running on a platform that involves reopening schools and workplaces and closely monitoring state elections. "I want to take back Wisconsin," Kleefisch told Patch. [...] The best indication of what you will do is what you have done. As Lt. Governor, I was a proven reformer who worked alongside Governor Scott Walker to deliver victory after victory. Wisconsin became the nation’s envy with reforms like Act 10, Voter ID, Right to Work, defunding Planned
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2022-03-28): GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — In an NBC 26 exclusive interview, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch discusses her views on the current and future state of education, health, crime, and elections in Wisconsin. [...] Kleefisch served as Wisconsin's lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019 under the Scott Walker administration. She is now one of three Republicans running to be Wisconsin's 47th governor. [...] Kleefisch said she'd use some money from the state's $2.9 billion budget surplus to fund her initiatives to crack down on crime and for education reform. Kleefisch said she'd also look to use that surplus for long-term tax reform.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2024-01-10): That’s the year Kleefisch jumped headfirst into politics, winning a GOP primary for lieutenant governor to join Scott Walker’s ticket. It’s the year Walker, Kleefisch and legislative Republicans won control of state government and fundamentally changed Wisconsin. Kleefisch first built her political brand in her 2010 campaign for lieutenant governor. She was a former TV reporter who introduced herself to voters as a minivan-driving mom who was fed up with state government. The next year, she stood by Walker as he introduced his landmark changes to union laws. And in 2012, Kleefisch became the first lieutenant governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election. [...] Kleefisch said she first considered she might be governor some day during Walker’s run for president in 2015. While Walker’s candidacy ended quickly, she said the experience gave her the mental freedom to think about how she would handle the job.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2024-09-06): Rebecca Ann Kleefisch (née Reed; born August 7, 1975) is an American politician and former television reporter who served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019.[1] A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to the position on November 2, 2010, as the running mate of Governor Scott Walker; the pair narrowly lost reelection to a third term in 2018.[2] [...] Political positions [edit]Abortion [edit]Kleefisch supports Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban that went into effect in 2022 after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision by the United States Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. The law bans abortion in all instances except to save the life of the mother.[6][7] Kleefisch believes that abortion should be illegal in all other instances, including after rape or incest,[8] or to protect the health of the mother.[9] She also wrote[10] that she agrees with Sharron Angle that raped women should "turn lemons into lemonade" by having their rapist's child.[4] [...] Kleefisch spent eight years as lieutenant governor under Walker.[30] Along with Walker, Kleefisch played a major role in supporting and promoting the $3 billion incentive package to Foxconn.[30][31]
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
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Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2022-08-08): Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch addresses supporters as her daughters, Ella, third from right, and Violet, and husband, Joel, watch during campaign stop at Kavanaugh's Esquire Club in Madison Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Kleefisch faces Tim Michels in a primary election Tuesday. (Photo © Andy Manis) Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch addresses supporters at a campaign stop at Kavanaugh's Esquire Club in Madison Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Kleefisch faces Tim Michels in a primary election Tuesday. (Photo © Andy Manis) [...] Kleefisch — a former TV journalist who served for eight years as lieutenant governor with Republican Gov. Scott Walker — started her day as only a Wisconsin campaign can, by greeting supporters in a supper club on Madison’s north side.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2021-11-02): Wisconsin Senator Kelda Roys is correct when she asserts that gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch "worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions."
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
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Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2021-09-09): Rebecca Kleefisch, who served as Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor under Gov. Scott Walker, announced Thursday that she will seek the state’s Republican nomination for governor next year. [...] Walker, with whom Kleefisch survived a 2012 recall election triggered by the then-governor’s fight with public-employee unions, said in 2019 that Kleefisch would make a "hell of a great governor." But Walker’s blessing will not spare Kleefisch what could be a messy primary fight. [...] Kleefisch has been preparing her gubernatorial bid for months, traveling the state to meet with GOP activists and using her nonprofit organization — the 1848 Project, named for the year Wisconsin became a state — to advance conservative policy ideas. A 16-page agenda her group released last week includes broad pitches for "medical freedom" and "election reform" at a time when opposition to Covid-19 vaccine mandates and baseless claims about widespread voter fraud are energizing the Republican base.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2021-09-09): Rebecca Kleefisch, Former Lt. Gov. Under Scott Walker, Launches Gubernatorial Campaign MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Rebecca Kleefisch, who spent eight years as lieutenant governor under Scott Walker, launched her campaign for Wisconsin governor on Thursday, casting herself as someone who will "fight for you" while deriding the Democratic incumbent as a weak failure. [...] Kleefisch, 46, is trying to become the first female governor in Wisconsin history. She is the best-known Republican to officially get into the race against Evers, who is seeking a second term in 2022. State Rep. John Macco, of Green Bay, longtime lobbyist Bill McCoshen and 2018 U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson, a former Marine, are also considering runs for governor as Republicans.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2021-09-09): Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R) on Thursday announced that she will run for governor in the Badger State next year, handing Republicans a prominent candidate in their effort to unseat Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. [...] Kleefisch, who served as lieutenant governor during former Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) term from 2011-2019, also underscored those themes in her campaign launch video, touting hard-line stances on law enforcement and saying she would send troops from the Wisconsin National Guard to the southern border. [...] Democrats are expected to tie Kleefisch to Walker, who left office with underwater approval ratings.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2024-01-10): Kleefisch announced her long-expected bid for governor Thursday morning in a campaign video. She is the first high-profile Republican to enter the race to challenge Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who is seeking reelection for another four-year term. Kleefisch, 46, served as former Gov. Scott Walker’s lieutenant governor during his two terms in office, from 2011 until 2019. Along with Walker, Kleefisch survived a recall election in 2012. During her time in the Walker administration, Kleefisch focused on issues including support for small businesses, job training for incarcerated individuals and combating the state’s opioid epidemic. [...] Since leaving office, Kleefisch has worked as the executive director of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission and as a jobs ambassador for the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin. She launched a conservative advocacy organization, 1848 Project, last fall. Democrats have criticized the group, as well as a separate political action committee called Rebecca PAC, as inappropriate and potentially illegal campaign operations that existed ahead of an official gubernatorial campaign launch.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2024-01-10): Former Vice President Mike Pence renewed his support behind Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch Wednesday morning during a law enforcement roundtable event in Waukesha County. [...] Kleefisch, the former lieutenant governor under Gov. Scott Walker, accumulated broad support from Wisconsin’s Republican establishment, including Walker and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. The endorsement from Pence, a former Indiana governor, is the latest example of high-profile conservative movement figures endorsing her. By contrast, Michels has portrayed himself as a political outsider and a businessman. [...] Kleefisch said as governor, she would look to increase public safety across the state.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2022-08-09): BROOKFIELD, Wis. — The Republican gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin initially appeared to be Rebecca Kleefisch’s for the taking. Kleefisch, the former lieutenant governor, launched a well-funded campaign nice and early, in September, and speedily commanded a lead over lesser-known opponents, enjoying significant name recognition from her eight years as Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s No. 2. [...] On Wednesday, Pence stumped for Kleefisch there with Walker, saying, "There is no candidate for governor in America that is more capable, more experienced or a more proven conservative than Rebecca Kleefisch."
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2021-09-28): Yes, five abortion restrictions that took away services passed under Kleefisch and Walker [...] Former Gov. Scott Walker signed a number of abortion restrictions while in office that former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, now running for governor, supported. [...] Roys said Kleefisch worked with Walker to pass five abortion restrictions that took away services and threatened abortion providers with prison time.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Kleefisch served as Lieutenant Governor under former Gov. Scott Walker. [...] Sep 22nd, 2020 by Bruce MurphyRebecca Kleefisch Will Run for Governor [...] Dec 5th, 2019 by Bruce MurphyWalker Says Kleefisch Would Be ‘Great Governor’ "I think she would win." And compares recall he won to impeachment fight.
Claim: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” (Kelda Roys, 2021-09-29)
Evidence (2024-10-06): Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Wisconsinites are in the challenging position of interpreting an abortion law originally codified in the mid-1800s. Richard Davis discusses this law and its enforcement, and what it can mean forfor physicians and lawyers in the state. [...] The Wisconsin Supreme Court has denied a petition filed by gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch, who asked the court to review Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) guidance as an original action. [...] With the number of recent disasters and shared tragedies, please remember that WisLAP, the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program, offers free, confidential support to State Bar of Wisconsin members, their staff, and families.