Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Litke

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No, Evers did not ‘cancel’ the sales tax holiday

September 3, 2019

Say Gov. Tony Evers ‘canceled’ the sales tax holiday this year

texting and driving

Evers wrong on texting and driving stat

August 28, 2019

"1 out of every 4 car accidents in the U.S. is caused by texting and driving."

redistricting

Former Wisconsin rep. misses mark on redistricting claim

August 23, 2019

"Elected officials draw (legislative redistricting) maps. That’s it."

El Paso shooting

Pants on Fire: State rep claims mass shootings are down under Trump

August 6, 2019

"Less mass shootings under Trump!"

Trump China

No, China is not paying U.S. farmers $16B through tariffs

August 2, 2019

U.S. farmers are receiving $16 billion "out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China."

Trump Medicare and taxes

‘Honest’ ad mostly wrong about Trump, taxes and Medicare

July 26, 2019

"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."

Trump on Mexico auto industry

No, Mexico didn’t take 30% of U.S. auto business as Trump claims

July 23, 2019

"Mexico, they took 30% of our automobile business."

Trump at Derco

Trump claims he won Wisconsin early in the evening in 2016. Not so much.

July 15, 2019

"We won (Wisconsin in 2016) not so late in the evening — a little bit early in the evening, actually, which is even better."

Johnson on milk

Are federal policies to blame for drop in student milk consumption?

July 12, 2019

Obama-era ban on whole and 2% milk in schools has caused "notable decline" in student milk consumption.

Taylor on voucher schools

No, voucher schools haven’t raised property taxes by $1B since 2011

July 1, 2019

Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion since 2011

Walker pic - Sanders and communism

Is Wisconsin a Top 10 state for health care coverage?

June 25, 2019

"Wisconsin is a Top 10 state for health care coverage."

Pocan on Trump dairy photo

Pocan says Trump tweet “directly contradicted” Mueller comments

May 30, 2019

Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.

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