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Latest Fact-Checks On Russ Feingold

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Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 a debate:
Social Security "was basically invented" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; "that's where Franklin Roosevelt got the idea."
True
By Jonathan Anderson • December 16, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 27, 2016 a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.:
Says Ron Johnson "is benefiting from several super PACs, I am not."
False
By Cara Lombardo • November 3, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 26, 2016 a radio ad:
Says Donald Trump and Ron Johnson "oppose a woman's right to choose and Johnson voted against the Violence Against Women Act."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 6, 2016 a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change."
Mostly True
By Cara Lombardo • October 31, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 6, 2016 a radio ad:
Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 an interview:
Says Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has "paid to export throughout the world" Wahhabism -- "an extreme form of Islam" that basically teaches "Americans are the devil."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 14, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says Ron Johnson gave himself a $10 million 'sweetheart corporate payout'
Half-True
By Eric Litke • September 9, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 14, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas."
False
By Alison Dirr • August 26, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on May 9, 2016 a news conference:
Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he "voted to eliminate it."
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • July 6, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech:
Says Ron Johnson referred to "The Lego Movie" as an "insidious anti-business conspiracy."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • June 24, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech:
The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • June 17, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on November 12, 2015 an interview:
"Ron Johnson said specifically that he hopes the first steps occur to privatize the" Veterans Administration.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 27, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 13, 2015 an interview:
On receiving campaign contributions from out-of-state donors
Full Flop
By James B. Nelson • October 28, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:
Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."
True
By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech:
Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech at the state Democratic Party convention:
"The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations."
Half-True
By Lucas Daprile • June 17, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 18, 2010 a campaign rally:
Says Ron Johnson "likes to say there are too many lawyers in the Senate – 57. He’d be the 70th millionaire." 
True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 22, 2010
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 30, 2010 campaign TV and radio ads:
"According to independent analysis, unfair trade deals have resulted in the loss of over 64,000 jobs in Wisconsin ... But Ron Johnson favors those deals."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 12, 2010
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