Latest Fact-Checks By Alan Hovorka

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Democrat Evers didn’t give Wisconsin counties ‘the green light’ to defund police

August 12, 2022

"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."

State GOP only let less than 2% of Democratic bills have public hearings, Dem says

July 26, 2022

"In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of…

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate says 54% of people in Wisconsin lack accessible child care

July 20, 2022

"Fifty-four percent of Wisconsinites live in a child care desert."

Afghan refugees arrive in Virginia 8-23-21

Tiffany overstates report on shortcomings of Afghan vetting

May 13, 2022

The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."

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Has Gov. Evers granted more pardons than any Wisconsin governor in recent history?

February 15, 2022

Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”

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Wisconsin Republican candidate mostly wrong on numbers of Americans left behind in Afghanistan

January 4, 2022

Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."

Afghan refugees arrive in Virginia 8-23-21

Most of the Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy are not special visa holders

October 13, 2021

"The vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all."

Wisconsin DOJ

Wis. GOP Atty. Gen. candidate misses mark in repeating previously ‘Mostly True’ claim

September 16, 2021

Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”

Wisconsin DOJ

Atty. Gen. candidate says he’s ‘the only front-line prosecutor’ that’s used Crime Lab

September 13, 2021

"I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."

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Testing Sean Duffy claim that ‘We’re flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology’

September 6, 2017

"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."

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Senator: Under Scott Walker, state is 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than during recession

August 30, 2017

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."

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Federal judge: ‘Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills’

August 18, 2017

 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."

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