Scott Walker – Scott Walker misleads saying Pennsylvania lost Foxconn plant because Democrat replaced GOP governor

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Scott Walker misleads saying Pennsylvania lost Foxconn plant because Democrat replaced GOP governor

Critics of Wisconsin’s $3 billion-for-13,000 jobs deal with Foxconn keep bringing up Pennsylvania. In 2013, the Taiwanese manufacturer promised a $30 million factory in the Harrisburg area that would employ 500 people. There were big headlines, but the factory was never built. Asked by a reporter on July 28, 2017 why Foxconn wouldn't do the same to Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker responded by saying the difference is simple: "Pennsylvania changed governors." The Republican governor has since repeated that explanation in at least three other interviews — with Wisconsin reporters, on conservative talk radio in Milwaukee and on …

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