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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.”
Pants on Fire!
By Haley BeMiller • November 5, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 4, 2020 a post on Facebook
Asks, “How is this possible?” with a chart showing that 104.41% of registered voters in North Carolina and 103.56% of registered voters in Wisconsin cast votes.
Pants on Fire!
By Monique Curet • November 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2020 a tweet
“Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post
Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud.
False
November 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“Wisconsin found 112k votes at 3am.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 4, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a tweet
“Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.”
Pants on Fire!
November 4, 2020
Robyn Vining
Robyn Vining
stated on October 25, 2020 a TV interview
“People are less likely to just vote for party now. … They’re looking at the personalities.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • November 2, 2020
Robyn Vining
Robyn Vining
stated on October 25, 2020 an interview
My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat
True
By Eric Litke • October 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 24, 2020 Facebook post
An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally.
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2020 Speech
U.S. is “really not doing (COVID-19) reporting right” because deaths are being improperly counted and hospitals have an “incentive” to pad stats.
False
By Eric Litke • October 27, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 a presentation
"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2020 an interview
Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic."
False
By Eric Litke • October 23, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 20, 2020 a virtual rally
You can vote in Wisconsin with a photo ID "even if that ID is expired or you've moved."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • October 21, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 11, 2020 a news release
Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2020 Facebook post
“BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.”
False
By D.L. Davis • October 15, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on October 11, 2020 TV interview
In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases."
False
By Laura Schulte • October 15, 2020
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on October 7, 2020 Video interview
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 Speech
“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 12, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 4, 2020 Newsletter
Says the U.S. House’s COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, “strips states of their right to administer elections.”
False
By Haley BeMiller • October 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 a debate
Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.
False
By Eric Litke • October 9, 2020
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