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Latest Fact-Checks By Laura Schulte

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National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 9, 2022 News release
“Mandela Barnes…wants to release 50% of the prison population when 68% is classified as ‘violent offenders.’”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 17, 2022 Twitter
“Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • September 13, 2022
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 13, 2022 Twitter
Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”
True
By Laura Schulte • August 19, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 28, 2022 Twitter
"Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive."
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • July 18, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 27, 2022 News release
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • June 28, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on June 8, 2022 Campaign email
“Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.”
False
By Laura Schulte • June 23, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 13, 2022 Campaign email
“Wisconsin's archaic abortion ban is older than 20 states."
True
By Laura Schulte • June 22, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on May 21, 2022 Newsletter
"Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people.
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • June 10, 2022
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 Newsletter
On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on April 26, 2022 Twitter
“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • May 17, 2022
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on April 12, 2022 News release
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • April 22, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on March 28, 2022 TV ad
“As your Lieutenant Governor…I cut your taxes.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • April 13, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 Twitter
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 4, 2022 News release
Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland security.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 4, 2022
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 19, 2022 Senate
On eliminating the filibuster.
Half Flip
By Laura Schulte • February 4, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 26, 2022 Radio interview
“All these athletes are dropping dead on the field” after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination.
False
By Laura Schulte • January 28, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2021 Twitter
Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • December 14, 2021
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 6, 2021 Panel discussion
“Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • November 30, 2021
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on November 19, 2021 Twitter
Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.
False
By Laura Schulte • November 26, 2021
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on October 28, 2021 Twitter
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • November 12, 2021
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