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Latest Fact-Checks By D.L. Davis

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Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on September 24, 2021 Twitter:
Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 15, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 22, 2021 Public statement:
On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses.
Half Flip
By D.L. Davis • October 5, 2021
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 10, 2021 Twitter:
The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers.
True
By D.L. Davis • September 24, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 News release:
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 27, 2021 Twitter:
End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.
True
By D.L. Davis • September 3, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 16, 2021 Twitter:
In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
True
By D.L. Davis • August 31, 2021
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
stated on July 5, 2021 TV interview:
"We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.”
True
By D.L. Davis • August 20, 2021
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 TV interview:
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2021 Statement:
“In 2020 we won (Wisconsin).”
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • July 6, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on June 2, 2021 Twitter:
“Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”
True
By D.L. Davis • June 18, 2021
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on May 11, 2021 Twitter:
Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII
False
By D.L. Davis • June 4, 2021
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on May 11, 2021 Public statement:
On supporting Liz Cheney for House Republican leadership position
Full Flop
By D.L. Davis • May 14, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 14, 2021 Twitter:
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 TV interview:
For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021
Rick Gundrum
Rick Gundrum
stated on March 29, 2021 Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 6, 2021
LaKeshia Myers
LaKeshia Myers
stated on February 16, 2021 News release:
"Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • March 16, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 12, 2021 Twitter:
“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 1, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on January 12, 2021 Twitter:
"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 4, 2021 News release:
A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."
False
By D.L. Davis • January 25, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 5, 2020 Rally:
“Actually, I won Wisconsin.”
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • December 9, 2020
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