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Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad
"Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 a rally in Mosinee, Wis.
"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2018
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on October 12, 2018 an ad
Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2018
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on October 9, 2018 in an interview
The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."  
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 14, 2018 tweet
Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."
False
By Kristen Mohammadi • October 11, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 a gubernatorial debate
"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018
Top Stories USA
Top Stories USA
stated on September 29, 2018 a Facebook post
"Christine Blasey Ford claims that she called a friend on her cell phone after the ‘attack’ in or around 1982."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Steve West
Steve West
stated on September 27, 2018 a page on his campaign website
"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"
Mostly False
By Andrew Withers, Dylan Sherman • September 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 an exchange with reporters
On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 4, 2018 a campaign ad
Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."
Mostly True
By Anja Martin • September 20, 2018
AFSCME People
AFSCME People
stated on September 5, 2018 an ad
Says Mike DeWine took $40,000 from ECOT and "did nothing while the online for-profit school lied about enrollment and took millions meant for our kids."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2018
A Stronger Wisconsin
A Stronger Wisconsin
stated on August 20, 2018 a TV ad
"When two judges said it was illegal to fire a teacher" who viewed pornography at school, "Tony Evers worked with Republicans and Democrats and changed the law."  
Half-True
September 12, 2018
Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows
stated on August 31, 2018
"Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • September 11, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 17, 2018 A campaign ad
Says Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 10, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 a video
Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 a tweet
"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2018 in a tweet
"Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • September 4, 2018
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on August 22, 2018 a TV ad
"While Richard Cordray was Attorney General, 12,000 rape kits like Allyssa's were left untested. Cordray's failure left serial rapists free to strike again. Then Mike DeWine became Attorney General. He tested all 12,000 rape kits. Now hundreds of rapists are behind bars."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 30, 2018
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2018 a TV ad
"When the law stopped Tony Evers from revoking a teacher's license for viewing pornography, Tony worked with lawmakers from both parties to change the law so offenders could be kicked out of the classroom."  
Half-True
August 29, 2018
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