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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 21, 2021 Twitter
A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2021
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 19, 2021 Statement
Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • April 27, 2021
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 TV interview
For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on March 21, 2021 a TV appearance
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2021
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on March 28, 2021 TV interview
Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • April 16, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on March 24, 2021 Twitter
“We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • April 12, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 Speech
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 23, 2021 News release
"Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation."
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 7, 2021
Rick Gundrum
Rick Gundrum
stated on March 29, 2021 Twitter
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 6, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 30, 2021 Twitter
“It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 2, 2021
Shelley Grogan
Shelley Grogan
stated on March 29, 2021 a radio ad
Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • March 30, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 14, 2021 TV interview
“There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
True
By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2021
James Edming
James Edming
stated on March 23, 2021 a speech
“You can’t tell me they can (develop a safe vaccine) in eight to 10 months. Or a year. It takes more time than that.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • March 26, 2021
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on March 15, 2021 news article
The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • March 26, 2021
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 TV interview
“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 20, 2021 a speech
“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on March 7, 2021 a TV interview
"We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 19, 2021
Barbara Dittrich
Barbara Dittrich
stated on February 16, 2021 Column
"Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 19, 2021
Amy Pechacek
Amy Pechacek
stated on December 20, 2020 News release
“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • March 17, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 10, 2021 a Facebook post
Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame.
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • March 17, 2021
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