Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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A Better Wisconsin Together
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on February 24, 2025 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
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 1, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“Trump won 18-to-24-year-olds in Wisconsin."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 6, 2025
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on April 28, 2024 TV interview
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin "believes taxpayer dollars should be used for abortion."
Half-True
By Ricardo Torres • August 26, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 16, 2024 News release
"The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • July 13, 2024
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on June 5, 2024 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
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on April 30, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The science is clear — the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • May 21, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on March 4, 2024 Campaign video
“Since the end of the 2020 fiscal year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin have added over $7.3 trillion of debt, more than the first 228 years of our nation’s history combined.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • March 14, 2024
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on February 1, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“Bidenomics is costing the typical American household over $11,400 more a year to buy the basics.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • February 21, 2024
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on December 12, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
In the past year, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois passed "highly popular” policies such as paid family leave, one of several issues that have been stymied in Wisconsin by Republicans.
Half-True
By Sophia Voight • January 30, 2024
Ron Tusler
Ron Tusler
stated on September 12, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • December 8, 2023
Opportunity Wisconsin
Opportunity Wisconsin
stated on September 14, 2023 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
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 27, 2023 Interview
China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”
Half-True
By Sophia Voight • October 6, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz
Janet Protasiewicz
stated on March 9, 2023 TV ad
As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • March 24, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 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
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 27, 2022 Twitter
"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 7, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 26, 2022 TV ad
Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • October 6, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 9, 2022 News release
“Mandela Barnes…wants to release 50% of the prison population when 68% is classified as ‘violent offenders.’”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on July 24, 2022 TV interview
"We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 16, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 28, 2022 Twitter
"Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive."
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • July 18, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on May 27, 2022 News conference
The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.”
Half-True
By Vanessa Swales • July 8, 2022
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