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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on October 22, 2019 a tweet
"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • January 3, 2020
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 13, 2019 a public forum
On whether he can release one day’s worth of emails.
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • December 27, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 13, 2019 a tweet
The United States is the only nation "that grants legal permanent residency to more than a million people per year."   
True
By Mica Soellner • December 26, 2019
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet
"104 House Democrats voted for impeachment before the Ukraine call took place." 
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • December 20, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on December 13, 2019 an email
Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 17, 2019 a tweet
Says voter roll purge would mean "more than 200,000 registered Wisconsin voters will be prohibited from voting."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Rob Hutton
Rob Hutton
stated on December 4, 2019 a radio interview
 A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."   
True
By D.L. Davis • December 13, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 2, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • December 11, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview
On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • December 6, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 21, 2019 a veto message
Says a Republican bill he vetoed would have implemented a "mandate" to make public the names of all students’ parents or guardians.
False
By Eric Litke • December 3, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview
Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • November 26, 2019
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 a TV interview
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."  
True
By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet
"Since President (Donald Trump’s) election, 36,000 jobs have been created in WI."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • November 21, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet
"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on October 31, 2019 a tweet
The House impeachment rules resolution "does not provide the president with due process protections that were afforded to both President Clinton and President Nixon."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • November 5, 2019
Jack Salzwedel
Jack Salzwedel
stated on October 8, 2019 a public forum
"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 1, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on October 22, 2019 an interview
Says "red flag laws" allow gun seizure without a judge’s involvement: "They take it away first. Then you have to get permission from a judge to do it."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • October 28, 2019
Jeremy Thiesfeldt
Jeremy Thiesfeldt
stated on September 19, 2019 a weekly radio address
"The vast majority of Wisconsin students cannot even read, write, or do math at grade level."
False
By Eric Litke • October 23, 2019
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on September 20, 2019 a press release
Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • October 18, 2019
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 2, 2019 a newspaper
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it." 
True
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2019
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