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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on November 4, 2017 a news release
Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2017
Scot Ross
Scot Ross
stated on November 3, 2017 an interview
"Since 2015, Scott Walker has not done a public event where you don't have to pay admission or be on an approved list."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2017
Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
stated on November 7, 2017 a Facebook post
Says Glenn Grothman "is the single-most partisan member of the House."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2017
Freedom Partners
Freedom Partners
stated on October 26, 2017 TV ads
"Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxes."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 18, 2017 an interview
What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 24, 2017 news release
On NFL players protesting during the national anthem.  
Half Flip
By Tom Kertscher • October 25, 2017
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 12, 2017 an interview
In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 20, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 a video
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview
The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 13, 2017
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 3, 2017 a news release
The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 2, 2017 a tweet
90 percent of Americans "support universal background checks" for gun purchases.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 3, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 25, 2017 an interview
"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 20, 2017 an interview
The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 14, 2017 a Facebook Live town hall
Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on September 13, 2017 a tweet
Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 18, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 1, 2017 an interview
"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on September 5, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2017
X posts
X posts
stated on September 11, 2017 tweets
"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017
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