Latest Fact-Checks By Jonathan Anderson

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Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on January 24, 2017 in a news release:
"Abortion providers like Planned Parenthood do little other than provide abortions."
Pants on Fire!
By Jonathan Anderson, Nora Hertel • February 24, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 6, 2017 in an interview:
Says Republicans are "organizing to take people’s health care away."
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • February 8, 2017
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 in a news conference:
Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.   
False
By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 in a debate:
Social Security "was basically invented" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; "that's where Franklin Roosevelt got the idea."
True
By Jonathan Anderson • December 16, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 9, 2016 in a TV ad:
"During his 18-year Senate career, (Russ Feingold) supported judges who voted to deny your individual Second Amendment right. … (He) promises to protect those rights, but that's not what his record shows."  
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • October 19, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 in a TV interview:
Under the current procedure, if someone "on a terror watch list" tries to buy a gun, authorities are notified.
Half-True
By Jonathan Anderson • September 2, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on May 9, 2016 in a news conference:
Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he "voted to eliminate it."
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • July 6, 2016