Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

Clear
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 15, 2019 a tweet
"Republican policies have led to business investment growth that’s 10 times faster than what we saw under President Obama."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • October 9, 2019
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on September 22, 2019 a TV interview
Universal background checks involve asking people "to submit the serial numbers to their guns to a state or federal official," and that violates the Second Amendment.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2019
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on July 26, 2019 a tweet
"More than half of death row prisoners are people of color." 
True
By D.L. Davis • October 1, 2019
Rob Swearingen
Rob Swearingen
stated on September 5, 2019 Republican weekly radio address
Says Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a school computer program, "saying it would be better spent in urban districts like Madison and Milwaukee."
False
By Eric Litke • September 27, 2019
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University
Between 27,000 and 200,000 Wisconsinites were "turned away" from the polls in 2016 due to lack of proper identification.
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • September 19, 2019
Mark Perry
Mark Perry
stated on June 28, 2019 a radio interview
"Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • September 19, 2019
stated on September 15, 2019 an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront
Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more "that does not have a sales tax or local income tax."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • September 18, 2019
Josh Kaul
Josh Kaul
stated on August 15, 2019 a tweet
Says people convicted of felonies or under restraining orders "can buy a firearm without going through a background check."
True
By Eric Litke • September 13, 2019
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on September 4, 2019 a Joint Finance Committee meeting
"Gov. Evers asked the director of WEDC to stay on"
False
By Eric Litke • September 6, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on August 27, 2019 a tweet
Say Gov. Tony Evers ‘canceled’ the sales tax holiday this year
False
By Eric Litke • September 3, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on August 15, 2019 a radio interview
The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures."  
False
By Mica Soellner • August 30, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet
"1 out of every 4 car accidents in the U.S. is caused by texting and driving."
False
By Eric Litke • August 28, 2019
Adam Jarchow
Adam Jarchow
stated on July 16, 2019 a tweet
"Elected officials draw (legislative redistricting) maps. That’s it."
False
By Eric Litke • August 23, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum
"The law says that mental health must be treated the same as physical health," but coverage by health insurers is unequal.
True
By Mica Soellner • August 20, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 24, 2019 a tweet
"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
True
By D.L. Davis • August 13, 2019
Ron Tusler
Ron Tusler
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"Less mass shootings under Trump!"
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • August 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2019 an interview
U.S. farmers are receiving $16 billion "out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China."
False
By Eric Litke • August 2, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum
"We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • July 26, 2019
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 23, 2019 a digital ad
"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 26, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 21, 2019 CNN State of the Union interview
"There's a survey done in Guatemala. A third of Guatemalans intend to migrate to the United States. That's about 5.8 million people."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2019
Previous Next