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Latest Fact-Checks By Haley BeMiller

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Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on April 11, 2021 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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