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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on September 22, 2021 Twitter
Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents.
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • September 30, 2021
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
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on August 25, 2021 Twitter
“Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • September 24, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 3, 2021 Twitter
“President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 News release
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Eric Toney
Eric Toney
stated on September 9, 2021 News release
Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”
False
By Alan Hovorka • September 16, 2021
Empower Wisconsin
Empower Wisconsin
stated on August 17, 2021 TV ad
Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.”
False
By Vanessa Swales • September 15, 2021
Eric Toney
Eric Toney
stated on August 22, 2021 TV interview
"I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • September 13, 2021
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 27, 2021 Twitter
End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.
True
By D.L. Davis • September 3, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 16, 2021 Twitter
In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
True
By D.L. Davis • August 31, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 12, 2021 Email statement
“A Milwaukee election employee even acknowledged dropping off just the margin of ballots needed for a Biden win at 3 a.m.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madeline Heim • August 23, 2021
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
stated on July 5, 2021 TV interview
"We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.”
True
By D.L. Davis • August 20, 2021
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on August 7, 2021 Twitter
Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.
Pants on Fire!
By Laura Schulte • August 14, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 3, 2021 Twitter
“324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
True
By Madeline Heim • August 13, 2021
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 TV interview
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on July 20, 2021 Twitter
Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • August 6, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 20, 2021 Twitter
Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 4, 2021
Jill Karofsky
Jill Karofsky
stated on July 8, 2021 Legal opinion
“A farm with 2,500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people.”
False
By Laura Schulte • July 20, 2021
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 15, 2021 Twitter
“Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • July 9, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2021 Statement
“In 2020 we won (Wisconsin).”
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • July 6, 2021
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