Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 9, 2016 a TV ad
"During his 18-year Senate career, (Russ Feingold) supported judges who voted to deny your individual Second Amendment right. … (He) promises to protect those rights, but that's not what his record shows."  
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • October 19, 2016
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 12, 2016 a web ad
"Just like Hillary Clinton," Russ Feingold had a "run-in with corruption and scandal by using a personal slush fund -- a.k.a. the Feingold Foundation --  while plotting another run for U.S. Senate."  
Mostly False
October 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."  
Mostly False
September 30, 2016
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview
Says Barack Obama "said black males are two times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than white males" and "that is a lie" because "there is no data."
Mostly False
August 3, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money."
Mostly False
July 29, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt."
Mostly False
July 19, 2016
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 4, 2016 a radio ad
Says Ron Johnson "supported a plan to cut benefits and raise the retirement age" for Social Security. 
Mostly False
July 13, 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
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview
"Assault rifles already are banned."
Mostly False
June 20, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 a tweet
American colleges amount to a "cartel."  
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
April 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a campaign speech
Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."
Mostly False
April 1, 2016
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
stated on March 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge."
Mostly False
March 23, 2016
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on January 29, 2016 a news release
"Faced with $1 million in campaign debt," Scott Walker "is unloading his campaign security costs onto the backs of Wisconsin taxpayers."  
Mostly False
February 5, 2016
Scot Ross
Scot Ross
stated on December 13, 2015 a television interview
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • January 8, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview
Says President Barack Obama’s homeland security budget had "$16 million to fight climate change" but "didn't have a line item to fight violent extremism."  
Mostly False
December 18, 2015
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on December 8, 2015 a newspaper ad
"Under conservative leadership, Congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent – nearly $800 billion."  
Mostly False
December 11, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 a tweet
"From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent."  
Mostly False
By Kevin Crowe • December 7, 2015
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on November 17, 2015 a news conference
The United States has "10,000 IRS agents making sure that you don't take an improper charity deduction," but to fight terrorism, it has "less than two dozen people focusing on countering violent extremism at home."    
Mostly False
November 25, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 27, 2015 a forum
In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points."  
Mostly False
October 19, 2015
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