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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2019 a speech at Derco Aerospace
"Mexico, they took 30% of our automobile business."
False
By Eric Litke • July 23, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum
At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."  
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2019 a speech at Derco Aerospace
"We won (Wisconsin in 2016) not so late in the evening — a little bit early in the evening, actually, which is even better."
False
By Eric Litke • July 15, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 12, 2019 a Facebook post
Obama-era ban on whole and 2% milk in schools has caused "notable decline" in student milk consumption.
Half-True
By Eric Litke • July 12, 2019
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on May 30, 2019 a statement to the Joint Committee on Finance
Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion since 2011
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 1, 2019
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 6, 2019 a tweet
"If out-of-state drivers paid gas tax, they would contribute $73 million to fix our roads"
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • June 28, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2019 a tweet
"Wisconsin is a Top 10 state for health care coverage."
True
By Eric Litke • June 25, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 a tweet
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
True
By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 26, 2019 a TV interview
"Just the last three weeks, on average about 23,000 women, children, men are coming over across the border illegally as family units or as unaccompanied children."
True
By Mica Soellner • June 18, 2019
Ray Cross
Ray Cross
stated on May 26, 2019 a TV interview
"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."
True
By D.L. Davis • June 14, 2019
Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet
Republicans on the budget-writing committee "did nothing" to address oversight of large-scale farms, "as literal manure is coming out of people’s faucets. 
Half-True
By Mica Soellner • June 11, 2019
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on May 21, 2019 a tweet
"We saw the prison population expand and vacancy rates for correctional officers go from 2.9% to 15.2%" over the last eight years.
True
By D.L. Davis • June 4, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet
Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019
Sara Meaney
Sara Meaney
stated on May 9, 2019 a WTMJ radio appearance
"Wisconsin, many people may not be aware, actually has 15,000 freshwater lakes. … More than Minnesota."
False
By Eric Litke • May 23, 2019
Scott Neitzel
Scott Neitzel
stated on May 12, 2019 a TV interview
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 22, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet
"More than a million Wisconsinites have voted to raise their own property taxes because Republicans have failed to fully fund our public schools for the past eight years."
Half-True
By Eric Litke, Mica Soellner • May 17, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 10, 2019 a tweet
Says Wisconsin payday loans have a 574% average annual interest rate, "exploitative lending that keeps Americans trapped in debt"
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 14, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 12, 2019 a radio interview
"Tony Evers is cutting child support."  
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2019 a tweet
"99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce."
True
By Eric Litke • May 7, 2019
Terry Gou
Terry Gou
stated on May 1, 2019 a press conference
"We suspended the (Foxconn) work around October, November last year because the weather there was snowy and icy cold."
False
By Eric Litke • May 2, 2019
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