Seeking to boost voter turnout among Democrats, President Barack Obama campaigned for Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful Mary Burke one week before the November election.
At one point during his Oct. 28, 2014, appearance at Milwaukee’s North Division High School, Obama focused his remarks on women.
And without mentioning Gov. Scott Walker by name, the president made a claim about equal pay and Republicans that we want to check.
"We believe that America is stronger when women are full and equal participants in the economy," Obama said, according to a transcript from The White House.
"In 2012, Republicans here in Wisconsin repealed a statewide fair-pay law. Now think about that. Just like I don’t understand why somebody would be against somebody having health insurance, I don’t understand -- why would you want to repeal a law to make sure women are treated fairly on the job? That’s your platform? That’s your agenda? Earlier this year -- it don’t make no sense."
So, Obama's claim is that Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair-pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."
That’s similar to a statement made by the liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee in a TV ad attacking Walker.
Let’s check what the president said.
Previous factcheck
We covered much of this ground when Burke claimed that Walker’s repeal of a 2009 law left Wisconsin as one of five states "without an equal pay law protecting women from gender discrimination in their paycheck."
We rated her claim -- which goes much further than Obama’s -- as False.