Fact Check Posts – Politifact

James Clyburn
stated on October 8, 2025 an X post

“Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.

By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2025

Francesca Hong
stated on June 12, 2025 X, formerly Twitter

“Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”

By Madeline Heim • July 30, 2025

stated on May 5, 2025 a CNN NewsNight episode

“China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 9, 2025

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on April 17, 2025 a Threads post

“Gun violence is the leading killer of college-aged people in the U.S.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 22, 2025

Cory Booker
stated on April 1, 2025 a Senate floor speech

"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."

By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2025

Cavalier Johnson
stated on January 19, 2025 TV interview

“After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”

By D.L. Davis • March 3, 2025

Joel Kitchens
stated on February 19, 2025 News conference

“90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time.

By Hope Karnopp • February 28, 2025

Susan Crawford
stated on February 9, 2025 TV interview

Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”

By Hope Karnopp • February 19, 2025

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.

By Madeline Heim • January 28, 2025

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."

By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2025

Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 an X post

Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024

Jay Rothman
stated on December 1, 2024 TV interview

“The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.”

By Hope Karnopp • December 12, 2024

Kamala Harris
stated on October 23, 2024 a CNN town hall

"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."

By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2024

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.”

By Madison Czopek • October 3, 2024

Kamala Harris
stated on September 10, 2024 the ABC News presidential debate

“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.”

By Jacob Gardenswartz • September 30, 2024

Robert Cowles
stated on July 12, 2024 Radio address

“The most recent State Budget increased funding for the Department of Tourism by 98 percent.”

By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2024

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.’”

By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024

Tim Walz
stated on August 6, 2024 a speech

JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 14, 2024

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.”

August 12, 2024

Byron Donalds
stated on August 6, 2024 una entrevista

"Tim Walz firmó una ley para dar licencia de conducir a inmigrantes ilegales en Minnesota".

By Maria Briceño • August 9, 2024

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