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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 a statement
"There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2017
Erin Forrest
Erin Forrest
stated on April 2, 2017 an interview
"75 percent of the town boards in Wisconsin have no women on them at all."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2017
Restoration PAC
Restoration PAC
stated on March 21, 2017 a video
Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 5, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 14, 2017 an article
"President Trump just told Paul Ryan, ‘You’re fired.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • April 2, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 21, 2017 an interview
The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would reduce subsidies that help lower-income people buy health insurance, but also "expand the entitlement" by giving subsidies to higher-income people "that Obamacare never helped."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 a video
Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."   
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2017
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 13, 2017 a news release
A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 14, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 a tweet
"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 an interview
"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2017
Resistance Report
Resistance Report
stated on March 2, 2017 a website posting
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • March 7, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 24, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 3, 2017
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
stated on February 28, 2017 a website posting
Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 20, 2017 an interview
Says Scott Walker is proposing to add 485 employees "in the category of supervisor and management" to his Department of Administration.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 1, 2017
Restore American Freedom and Liberty
Restore American Freedom and Liberty
stated on February 16, 2017 a fundraising email
Says Tammy Baldwin "wants to require children starting at age 5 to learn about gay sex!"  
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2017
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on February 17, 2017 a tweet
Says Michelle Obama "said she was never proud of her country til they elected her husband POTUS."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2017 a speech
Says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a "government service golden parachute" payment of $180 million "from Exxon Mobil that he would have to forfeit had he taken a job elsewhere."    
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview
In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on January 29, 2017 an interview
The seven nations identified in Donald Trump's travel ban were "identified by the Obama administration as the seven most dangerous countries in the world in regard to harboring terrorists."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2017
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