Latest Fact-Checks By Haley BeMiller

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Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on April 11, 2021 in Twitter:
"Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • May 21, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter:
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • May 18, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 21, 2021 in Twitter:
A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2021
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 19, 2021 in Statement:
Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • April 27, 2021
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 23, 2021 in News release:
"Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation."
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 7, 2021
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on March 15, 2021 in news article:
The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • March 26, 2021
Barbara Dittrich
Barbara Dittrich
stated on February 16, 2021 in Column:
"Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 19, 2021
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter:
“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 5, 2021
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview:
“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."
True
By Haley BeMiller • February 12, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech:
"We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."
True
By Haley BeMiller • January 26, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews:
On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results
Full Flop
By Haley BeMiller • January 5, 2021
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2020 in Interview:
“We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.”
False
By Haley BeMiller • November 25, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 10, 2020 in interviews:
On the need for a smooth transition for the president-elect
Full Flop
By Haley BeMiller • November 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.”
Pants on Fire!
By Haley BeMiller • November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.”
Pants on Fire!
By Haley BeMiller • November 5, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation:
"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 4, 2020 in Newsletter:
Says the U.S. House’s COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, “strips states of their right to administer elections.”
False
By Haley BeMiller • October 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2020 in Media briefing:
Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him."
False
By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter:
In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post:
“Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020
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