Fact Check Posts – Page 23

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2020 a tweet

“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now.”

By Eric Litke • September 1, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2020 Facebook post

Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.

By Madeline Heim • August 31, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 a Facebook post

“Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings”

By Eric Litke • August 28, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 27, 2020 a post on Facebook

“At 17 years old Kyle (Rittenhouse) was perfectly legal to be able to possess that rifle without parental supervision.”

By Daniel Funke • August 28, 2020

Howard Marklein
stated on August 25, 2020 News release

Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.

By D.L. Davis • August 28, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post

Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.

By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use

By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post

“Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”

By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Jacob Blake “declared he had a gun in the car and was going to go get it” and was “brandishing” a knife

By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020

Chris Larson
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post

Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal."

By Madeline Heim • August 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2020 a Facebook post

“BLM rioters just burned down a black church in a black community with a BLM sign out front.”

August 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a post

“Jacob S. Blake is a Child (16 YO Girl) Rapist.”

By Daniel Funke • August 26, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 26, 2020 a Facebook post

Photos show that the person who shot three people during a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake is a police officer.

August 26, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 25, 2020 a Facebook post

These photos show Jacob Blake posing with a gun.

August 26, 2020

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 20, 2020 News release

Kanye West’s access to Wisconsin’s ballot was “denied by liberals.”

By Haley BeMiller • August 21, 2020

Wisconsin Trump Victory
stated on August 12, 2020 an email

Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs

By Laura Schulte • August 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2020 a Facebook post

Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin

By Eric Litke • August 17, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Biden supports a school choice ban that would impact 74,000 Wisconsin students.

By Eric Litke • August 14, 2020

Mandela Barnes
stated on August 10, 2020 a public forum

GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.

By Lawrence Andrea • August 14, 2020

Ron Johnson
stated on August 2, 2020 a TV interview

“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • August 13, 2020

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