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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 7, 2020 a tweet:
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet:
"Prescription drug companies are charging Americans prices that are on average 4x higher than what's charged in other countries."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • March 5, 2020
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 24, 2020 a tweet:
"Bernie (Sanders) is a communist."
False
By Eric Litke • March 4, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on February 13, 2020 a newsletter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers “wants to release half of the prison population.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • March 4, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 25, 2020 a debate:
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • March 2, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet:
“There’s an Amazon distribution center that was advertising, last time I was there, up to $12.75 an hour. Your parents made that three decades ago.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet:
"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Joe Sanfelippo
Joe Sanfelippo
stated on February 13, 2020 the GOP weekly radio address:
“Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • February 20, 2020
stated on November 20, 2019 a public forum:
Says since he took office, the City of Milwaukee has seen the creation of 7,000 new affordable housing units.
True
By D.L. Davis • February 17, 2020
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 22, 2020 a news release:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 14, 2020
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 22, 2020 the State of the State:
“I delivered on my campaign promise for a 10% tax cut for Wisconsin families.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a public forum:
“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 10, 2019 a tweet:
“Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 5, 2020
Robert Spindell
Robert Spindell
stated on January 19, 2020 a TV interview:
Says some of the names that may be purged from voter roll are people who have died.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • January 30, 2020
Jill Karofsky
Jill Karofsky
stated on November 19, 2019 a public forum:
"The Department of Corrections budget in Wisconsin is more than the Department of Education budget."
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • January 24, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 19, 2020 a TV appearance:
Witnesses have been part of "every other impeachment trial the Senate has ever had."
True
By Eric Litke • January 21, 2020
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on December 20, 2019 a radio interview:
Says the House impeachment vote was the third by Democrats — "They tried to impeach Trump for criticizing the NFL and for some other things." 
False
By Madeline Heim • January 21, 2020
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on December 12, 2019 a debate:
Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.
Pants on Fire!
By Laura Schulte • January 15, 2020
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on November 20, 2019 news release:
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI." 
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2020
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