Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 18, 2024 an Instagram post
The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 28, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 6, 2024 an X post
Fired Milwaukee election leader “printed 64,000 ballots in a back room at City Hall in Milwaukee and had random employees fill them out,” giving Joe Biden the lead.
False
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2024
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 15, 2024 Podcast
"Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth.”
False
By D.L. Davis • May 17, 2024
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
stated on April 2, 2024 TV ad
"EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars."
False
By Sophia Voight • May 1, 2024
National Center for Public Policy Research
National Center for Public Policy Research
stated on April 5, 2024 Proxy statement
"Kohl’s has contributed $1,000,000 to the (Black Lives Matter) movement and related causes since 2020."
False
By Ricardo Torres • April 19, 2024
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on March 30, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
Says President Joe Biden purposely chose Easter Sunday to mark Transgender Day of Visibility.
False
By Sophia Voight • April 4, 2024
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on April 1, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
You can vote in-person absentee at your clerk’s office on Monday before Election Day.
False
By Hope Karnopp • April 1, 2024
Amanda Nedweski
Amanda Nedweski
stated on January 22, 2024 Wisconsin Assembly
"We have technology and medical advancements today that can tell you if you are pregnant the day after conception."
False
By Madeline Heim • March 8, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 25, 2024 Public appearance
"There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%."
False
By Sophia Voight • January 26, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 22, 2024 Speech
"After Roe was dismantled, extremists evoked a law from 1849 to stop abortion” in Wisconsin.
False
By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2024
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on December 1, 2023 Speech
“Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.”
False
By Sophia Voight • January 12, 2024
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on December 4, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
“Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.”
False
By Laura Schulte • December 29, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2023 TV interview
Democrats have also used alternate slates of electors "repeatedly in all kinds of different states."
False
By Ricardo Torres • December 15, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on October 12, 2023 Assembly floor speech
“Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition.
False
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 15, 2023
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
stated on November 1, 2023 TV ad
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “allowed for the use of illegal drop boxes and ballot harvesting.”
False
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 8, 2023
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 23, 2023 Public appearance
Thanks to negotiating drug prices "our seniors, instead of paying $500 a month for drugs, are paying no more than 35 cents."
False
By Ricardo Torres • October 9, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 Public appearance
The COVID vaccine “has been proven to have negative efficacy.”
False
By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 21, 2023 YouTube ad
“Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
False
By Laura Schulte • March 7, 2023
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 5, 2023 Twitter
“Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.”
False
By Laura Schulte • January 25, 2023
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on October 24, 2022 News conference
Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners
False
By Madeline Heim • November 4, 2022
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