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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 14, 2024 a speech:
“In Project 2025, you’re going to have to register with a new federal agency when you get pregnant.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 17, 2024
Robert Cowles
Robert Cowles
stated on July 12, 2024 Radio address:
“The most recent State Budget increased funding for the Department of Tourism by 98 percent.”
True
By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2024
Jesse James
Jesse James
stated on May 13, 2024 News conference:
In Wisconsin, “a legislative committee cannot release funding.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • August 27, 2024
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on April 28, 2024 TV interview:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin "believes taxpayer dollars should be used for abortion."
Half-True
By Ricardo Torres • August 26, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on August 13, 2024 Public appearance:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “has done absolutely nothing” about the fentanyl crisis.
False
By Laura Schulte • August 22, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 23, 2024 Public appearance:
Eric Hovde “wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and kick millions off their health insurance.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • August 7, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 17, 2024 Speech:
After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on July 16, 2024 TV appearance:
Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”
False
By Madeline Heim • July 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 16, 2024 News release:
"The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • July 13, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on July 8, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
“Deadlines have passed in … Wisconsin” to replace President Joe Biden on the ballot.
False
By Hope Karnopp • July 11, 2024
Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans .
Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans .
stated on June 25, 2024 Facebook post:
“Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!”
Pants on Fire!
By Sophie Carson • July 3, 2024
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
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 Public appearance:
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 11, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
Wisconsin had a “record-breaking year” for tourism in 2023.
True
By Hope Karnopp • June 28, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2024 Public appearance:
Says he “saved Kenosha” and the “governor wouldn’t move” on sending the National Guard.
Pants on Fire!
By Hope Karnopp • June 21, 2024
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 15, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money."
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • June 14, 2024
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on June 5, 2024 News release:
Republican legislatures “have targeted birth control” and in Wisconsin “refused to schedule a vote on a bill that would have codified a right to birth control.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • June 14, 2024
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2024 TV interview:
Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • June 5, 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, Jeff Cercone • May 21, 2024
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on April 30, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
“The science is clear — the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • May 21, 2024
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