Latest Fact Checks By Madeline Heim

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Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford shake hands 3/12/2025

No evidence that eliminating school choice is on Susan Crawford’s agenda

March 13, 2025
“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.
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Claim that Chicago Cubs owner gave to Wis. Supreme Court hopeful Schimel is Mostly True

February 25, 2025
The Chicago Cubs owner is bankrolling Brad Schimel.
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Wisconsin voters in Oak Creek, Wis., 11-5-2024

Yes, Wisconsin makes it harder to vote than most other U.S. states

January 28, 2025
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.
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Child receives vaccine in Miami in June 2022

Yes, there have been placebo-controlled studies on childhood vaccines

January 2, 2025
“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”
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Electric transmission lines in Mount Pleasant, Wis., 6-19-2019

President-elect Trump says Wisconsin’s electric and energy costs are ‘just about at the highest’

November 26, 2024
“With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
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Kamala Harris campaigns for President in Wisconsin July 2024

Wisconsin official wrong that Harris did worse than Biden in ‘every single county in America’

November 14, 2024
“Every single county in America, every single county, Kamala Harris did worse than Joe Biden did.”
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Solar panels

Eric Hovde didn’t say people who believe in transitioning to clean energy are smoking crack cocaine

October 30, 2024
Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”
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Social Security card with finger over number, 9-20-2024

Tammy Baldwin claim that Eric Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%” is misleading

October 21, 2024
Says opponent Eric Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%.”
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Transgender rights rally in Columbia, S.C., 3-29-2023

No, Wisconsin Sen. Baldwin did not give federal money to a ‘transgender-affirming clinic’ for youth

October 3, 2024
Says opponent Sen. Tammy Baldwin “gave our taxpayer money to a transgender-affirming clinic … that does it without even telling parents."
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Trump taxes art

Trump has not said he’ll raise taxes on people making less than $100,000

September 20, 2024
“If you make less than $100,000, Trump is about to raise your taxes. Currently, you’re taxed at 10% and then 12%. He would raise that…
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Donald Trump raises fist amid Secret Service gaggle in Butler, Pa., 7-13-2024

Trump Jr. mostly right on story about Teddy Roosevelt getting shot in Milwaukee

July 18, 2024
After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
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Jon Stewart 'Daily Show' desk for story, 7-17-2024

No, the venue that was supposed to host ‘The Daily Show’ was not shifted to RNC’s hard security zone

July 17, 2024
Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise”…
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