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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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LaKeshia Myers
LaKeshia Myers
stated on February 16, 2021 News release
"Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • March 16, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 4, 2021 in various forums
On passing high-dollar legislation with no time to read it.
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • March 11, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter
"Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 5, 2021
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter
“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 5, 2021
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on February 23, 2021 a speech
Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.”
False
By Eric Litke • March 4, 2021
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on February 27, 2021 a press release
“More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 1, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 12, 2021 Twitter
“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 1, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 21, 2021 Facebook post
The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 26, 2021
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 6, 2021 a tweet
“On average, 17% of a family’s income goes towards child care in Wisconsin.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • February 23, 2021
Scott Manley
Scott Manley
stated on January 31, 2021 TV interview
“Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water
False
By Laura Schulte • February 19, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 remarks at a CNN town hall
"If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 a CNN town hall
“For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2021
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on February 12, 2021 a tweet
Ron Johnson didn’t “show up” for a day of impeachment hearings.
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • February 16, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 15, 2021 a radio interview
Says Jan. 6 Capitol riot “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • February 15, 2021
Dan O'Donnell
Dan O'Donnell
stated on February 3, 2021 in a commentary
November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.”
False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2021
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on February 5, 2021 TV interview
“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."
True
By Haley BeMiller • February 12, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on January 12, 2021 Twitter
"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2021
Jim Steineke
Jim Steineke
stated on January 17, 2021 a TV interview
Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 3, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech
"The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2021
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