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Wisconsin Initiative
Wisconsin Initiative
stated on February 23, 2022 TV ad:
“Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.”
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By Madeline Heim • March 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 a Facebook post:
“Wladimir Klitschko has auctioned off his 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medal to raise money for the children of Ukraine.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • March 16, 2022
Tom Suozzi
Tom Suozzi
stated on January 21, 2022 a campaign ad:
“The Manhattan DA is actually proposing to downgrade armed robbery to a misdemeanor, and to stop prosecuting resisting arrest.”
Half-True
By Tyler Smith, Jonny Walker • March 16, 2022
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on March 6, 2022 a tweet:
California has instituted a "bacon ban."
Half-True
By Kelsey Harrell • March 11, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Jamaal Bowman
Jamaal Bowman
stated on January 26, 2022 a tweet:
“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”
Half-True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 7, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on March 1, 2022 an ad:
Joe Biden's sanctions on Russia “are riddled with loopholes and don't even start for 30 days. They have carve outs for the energy and financial sectors.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2022
David Willis
David Willis
stated on February 17, 2022 a speech:
There are now zero students, staff or anyone “related to the school system” in Union County” hospitalized with COVID-19, despite harsh criticism of school COVID policy.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • March 2, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2022 his State of the Union address:
“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2022
Jake LaTurner
Jake LaTurner
stated on February 25, 2022 an ad:
The Keystone XL pipeline "would have produced 830,000 barrels of oil per day, more than enough to offset what we import from Russia."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2022 a public Facebook group:
Photos show “Ukrainian Christians pray outdoors, in the snow, for their country in this phase of war danger.”
Half-True
By Luiz Romero • February 25, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on February 17, 2022 a rally.:
Virginia is "one of only a handful of states that actually taxes our veterans’ retirement.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 23, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on January 6, 2022 TV ad:
Says he led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make the City of Milwaukee safer.
Half-True
By Vanessa Swales • February 23, 2022
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on February 2, 2022 Public statement:
"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 18, 2022
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 31, 2022 a tweet:
Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2022 a Facebook post:
A molecule found in a Himalayan fungus "kills cancer cells with 40 times potency."
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 15, 2022
Gary Chambers Jr.
Gary Chambers Jr.
stated on February 9, 2022 a campaign video:
"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 15, 2022
Greg Casar
Greg Casar
stated on February 8, 2022 an ad:
“Greg Casar passed paid sick leave."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2022
Team PAC
Team PAC
stated on February 7, 2022 an ad:
Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 4, 2022 a Facebook post:
Binding masks to your face with gauze and wrapping pantyhose around your face and mask are now “suggestions to make your mask more ‘effective.’”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • February 7, 2022
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