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Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 Twitter
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022
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
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on November 5, 2021 News release
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • November 23, 2021
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on October 26, 2021 Twitter
“States run elections, not the federal government.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • November 3, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 21, 2021 a tweet
The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 10, 2021 Twitter
The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers.
True
By D.L. Davis • September 24, 2021
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on August 25, 2021 Twitter
“Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • September 24, 2021
Empower Wisconsin
Empower Wisconsin
stated on August 17, 2021 TV ad
Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.”
False
By Vanessa Swales • September 15, 2021
Eric Toney
Eric Toney
stated on August 22, 2021 TV interview
"I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • September 13, 2021
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 TV interview
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2021 Statement
“In 2020 we won (Wisconsin).”
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • July 6, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2021 a Facebook post
“California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.”
False
By Shasha Hupka • July 2, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on June 2, 2021 Twitter
“Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”
True
By D.L. Davis • June 18, 2021
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 9, 2021 Twitter
“Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • June 9, 2021
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on March 15, 2021 news article
The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • March 26, 2021
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 TV interview
“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on March 7, 2021 a TV interview
"We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 19, 2021
Amy Pechacek
Amy Pechacek
stated on December 20, 2020 News release
“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • March 17, 2021
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 9, 2021 a State of the State Address
“California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 1, 2021 a press release
States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021
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