Latest Fact-Checks By Madeline Heim

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Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
stated on June 12, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”
True
By Madeline Heim • July 30, 2025
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on February 6, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.
False
By Madeline Heim • March 13, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 18, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
The Chicago Cubs owner is bankrolling Brad Schimel.
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2025
Common Cause
Common Cause
stated on January 8, 2025 in News release:
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.
True
By Madeline Heim • January 28, 2025
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:
“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”
False
By Madeline Heim • January 2, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally:
“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.”
False
By Madeline Heim • November 26, 2024
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 6, 2024 in News conference:
“Every single county in America, every single county, Kamala Harris did worse than Joe Biden did.”
False
By Madeline Heim • November 14, 2024
Climate Power
Climate Power
stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email:
Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”
False
By Madeline Heim • October 30, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 7, 2024 in Campaign ad:
Says opponent Eric Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on September 16, 2024 in Radio interview:
Says opponent Sen. Tammy Baldwin “gave our taxpayer money to a transgender-affirming clinic … that does it without even telling parents."
False
By Madeline Heim • October 3, 2024
Wisco Project
Wisco Project
stated on September 16, 2024 in Social media ads:
“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 to a flat rate of 15%.”
False
By Madeline Heim • September 20, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech:
After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance:
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” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”
False
By Madeline Heim • July 17, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • May 17, 2024
Amanda Nedweski
Amanda Nedweski
stated on January 22, 2024 in Wisconsin Assembly:
"We have technology and medical advancements today that can tell you if you are pregnant the day after conception."
False
By Madeline Heim • March 8, 2024
Heartland Signal
Heartland Signal
stated on February 20, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • February 22, 2024
Opportunity Wisconsin
Opportunity Wisconsin
stated on September 14, 2023 in News release:
"The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • October 25, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 in Public appearance:
The COVID vaccine “has been proven to have negative efficacy.”
False
By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2023
American Principles Project
American Principles Project
stated on March 8, 2023 in Campaign ad:
At a Wisconsin school, a 12-year-old girl "was transitioned into a boy by school officials without parental consent," and Protasiewicz supports it.
Pants on Fire!
By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 in News release:
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
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