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Latest Fact-Checks By Madeline Heim

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Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 7, 2021 Twitter
Wisconsin’s 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor’s proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit.
True
By Madeline Heim • May 25, 2021
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on March 21, 2021 TV interview
"There’s no strings attached to that money that we’d be getting as an incentive to expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • May 7, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 Speech
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 14, 2021 TV interview
“There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
True
By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter
"Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 5, 2021
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on December 3, 2020 Twitter
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
False
By Madeline Heim • December 7, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 15, 2020 a TV interview
"We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.”
True
By Madeline Heim • November 17, 2020
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on October 7, 2020 Video interview
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 Debate
“I brought back Big Ten football.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 a speech
“If you just count all the deaths in the red states, we are number two in the world in deaths, just behind Brazil.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 1, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 13, 2020 radio interview
For younger people, seasonal flu is “in many cases” a deadlier virus than COVID-19
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • September 8, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 1, 2020 News release
“Biden failed to condemn far-left violent groups like Antifa, instead faulting only the brave men and women of law enforcement.”
False
By Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 31, 2020 a statement
Says Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes “have participated in rallies that have done more to incite than calm the situation” in Kenosha
False
By Madeline Heim • September 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2020 Facebook post
Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 31, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post
Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal."
True
By Madeline Heim • August 27, 2020
Michael Schraa
Michael Schraa
stated on July 24, 2020 Interview
Says wearing masks has been “proven ineffective.”
False
By Madeline Heim • July 30, 2020
Public Citizen
Public Citizen
stated on June 29, 2020 a tweet
“Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)."
True
By Madeline Heim • July 23, 2020
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 25, 2020 a TV interview
"The average family in America forks over more of their hard-earned income to their local hospital than to the IRS.”
True
By Madeline Heim • July 22, 2020
Tim Carpenter
Tim Carpenter
stated on May 23, 2020 Twitter
Republicans didn't "increase state funding for nursing homes in the last budget."
False
By Madeline Heim • July 6, 2020
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on March 4, 2020 news release
"If Roe is overturned, Wisconsin has a law on the books that would immediately make abortion a crime.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 11, 2020
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