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Common Cause
Common Cause
stated on January 8, 2025 News release:
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.
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By Madeline Heim • January 28, 2025
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 8, 2025 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
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 social media posts:
Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.”
True
By Madison Czopek • October 3, 2024
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 25, 2024 an interview:
“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”
True
By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on August 6, 2024 a speech:
JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda."
True
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 14, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 a news conference:
Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
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By Jeff Cercone • August 12, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on August 6, 2024 una entrevista:
"Tim Walz firmó una ley para dar licencia de conducir a inmigrantes ilegales en Minnesota".
True
By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus • August 9, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 23, 2024 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
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 Public appearance:
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 30, 2024 a post:
Under federal law, former President Donald Trump’s “felony convictions mean he can no longer possess guns.”
True
By Sara Swann • May 31, 2024
Brian Schimming
Brian Schimming
stated on March 6, 2024 Media call:
“We’ve had 12 elections in 24 years in Wisconsin that have been decided by less than 30,000 votes.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • April 5, 2024
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on March 3, 2024 Public appearance:
“When it comes to how many votes (President) Joe Biden won, it was literally less than a few votes per ward.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • March 28, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 2, 2024 a town hall:
Donald Trump “deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did."
True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 4, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on December 14, 2023 a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire:
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”
True
By Grace Abels • December 19, 2023
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on October 17, 2023 Public appearance:
“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • October 25, 2023
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2023 TV interview:
"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”
True
By D.L. Davis • April 18, 2023
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on January 3, 2023 TV interview:
"Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them."
True
By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2023
Liquid Death
Liquid Death
stated on October 27, 2022 an ad:
In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison."
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 an interview:
In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”
True
By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 10, 2021 Twitter:
The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers.
True
By D.L. Davis • September 24, 2021
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