Latest Fact-Checks By Hope Karnopp

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Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 28, 2025 in X:
“The (Evers) Era locked Wisconsin families into a 400‑year property tax increase.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • August 15, 2025
stated on June 2, 2025 in Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • June 25, 2025
A Better Wisconsin Together
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on February 24, 2025 in Social media ads:
“71 out of 72 Wisconsin counties filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma. Brad Schimel refused to join them.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • March 11, 2025
Joel Kitchens
Joel Kitchens
stated on February 19, 2025 in News conference:
“90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time.
True
By Hope Karnopp • February 28, 2025
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on February 9, 2025 in TV interview:
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • February 19, 2025
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 26, 2025 in a TV interview:
We’re one of the very few nations that allowed birthright citizenship.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • February 4, 2025
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 8, 2025 in News conference:
Voter ID "is supported, if you look at any poll, by 70 to 80% of the public."
True
By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2025
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025
Jay Rothman
Jay Rothman
stated on December 1, 2024 in TV interview:
“The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • December 12, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on October 3, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
"FEMA is out of money and doesn't have money to transfer to those people affected by the hurricane ... they used the money to assist illegal immigrants."
False
By Hope Karnopp • October 8, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on September 3, 2024 in TV interview:
"Typically you have three to four debates in a U.S. Senate race. (Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. has) given me one debate, almost a month after early voting has started."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • September 17, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 23, 2024 in Public appearance:
Eric Hovde “wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and kick millions off their health insurance.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • August 7, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on July 8, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Deadlines have passed in … Wisconsin” to replace President Joe Biden on the ballot.
False
By Hope Karnopp • July 11, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
Wisconsin had a “record-breaking year” for tourism in 2023.
True
By Hope Karnopp • June 28, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2024 in Public appearance:
Says he “saved Kenosha” and the “governor wouldn’t move” on sending the National Guard.
Pants on Fire!
By Hope Karnopp • June 21, 2024
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on June 5, 2024 in News release:
Republican legislatures “have targeted birth control” and in Wisconsin “refused to schedule a vote on a bill that would have codified a right to birth control.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • June 14, 2024
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2024 in TV interview:
Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • June 5, 2024
Greta Neubauer
Greta Neubauer
stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • April 24, 2024
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on April 1, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
You can vote in-person absentee at your clerk’s office on Monday before Election Day.
False
By Hope Karnopp • April 1, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 1, 2024 in Radio interview:
In 2020, Trump “did much better” in the Wisconsin election than 2016, and “after the wrongdoing was found, people said, ‘Well, he actually did win.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Hope Karnopp • April 1, 2024
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