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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Jim Marchant
Jim Marchant
stated on October 8, 2022 a rally
“President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on September 4, 2022 Twitter
Says Tony Evers is “a career politician.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • October 7, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 26, 2022 TV ad
Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • October 6, 2022
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 On Fox News
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Mostly False
October 5, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on September 21, 2022 a news conference.
“In 2016, Democrats suggested that the election was stolen.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2022
Restoration PAC
Restoration PAC
stated on September 28, 2022 Digital ad
Says Mandela Barnes supports killing “preemies” – “infants born prior to 37 weeks of pregnancy"
Pants on Fire!
By Madeline Heim • October 4, 2022
Adrian Fontes
Adrian Fontes
stated on September 22, 2022 a debate
Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.”
Mostly True
By Renee Romo • September 30, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 News release
"Ron Johnson has voted against funding for law enforcement and recently opposed a plan to recruit and train new officers "
False
By D.L. Davis • September 30, 2022
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on September 20, 2022 a Facebook post
Michigan’s Proposal 2 “will permanently put in the Constitution that you never have to show an ID to vote ever again.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • September 30, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on September 10, 2022 Public statement
“You know how many convicted felons Scott Walker let out during his eight years early on parole? Zero. Tony Evers is approaching 1,000 of these that he’s let out early."
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • September 27, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on September 23, 2022 Radio interview
On exceptions to Wisconsin’s abortion ban.
Full Flop
By Madeline Heim • September 27, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 21, 2022 an Instagram post
“Breaking: Judiciary Democrats just voted to support non-citizens voting in our elections.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2022
Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem
stated on September 22, 2022 a Secretary of State debate
Ballot harvesting “altered the outcome” of a city council election in Yuma County, Arizona.
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 18, 2022 an ad
Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 23, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 News release
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • September 22, 2022
Lee Zeldin
Lee Zeldin
stated on September 6, 2022 a news conference
Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2022
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 6, 2022 a tweet.
“I had zero emails that were classified.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 13, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2022 a Facebook post
King Charles III signed “a proclamation stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and is the rightful president by law.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • September 12, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 5, 2022 Email
Says President Joe Biden “recently said that 48.8% of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy.”
False
By Madeline Heim • September 9, 2022
Jim Marchant
Jim Marchant
stated on August 9, 2022 an interview with Steve Bannon
“Here in Nevada, the DMV registers everybody (to vote) and so that means illegals. They don’t check.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 8, 2022
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