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Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 7, 2019 a congressional hearing:
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 12, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 28, 2019 remarks in Fort Lauderdale:
"There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 19, 2018 a radio interview:
"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 7, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 23, 2018 a debate:
"I'm not taking any corporate PAC money."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 28, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 22, 2018 a speech:
Under the Republican tax reform law, "83 percent of the benefits go to the top 1 percent of individuals and large multinational corporations."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad:
"2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions" and Leah Vukmir supports letting insurance companies "deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 10, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Leah Vukmir was "just about the only legislator who stood with the insurance companies" and "voted against oral chemotherapy."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2018
Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams
stated on September 12, 2018 a speech:
The new Apple Watch Series 4 includes "the first ECG product offered over-the-counter directly to consumers."
False
By Chris Nichols • September 14, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 31, 2018 a TV ad:
"New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2018
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on December 23, 2017 interviews, news releases:
On whether he would seek to undo the Foxconn deal.
Full Flop
By D.L. Davis • August 2, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 14, 2018 a speech:
"The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 19, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 22, 2018 an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha:
Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • June 6, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 23, 2017 in a blog post:
"Starbucks CEO: ‘If You Support Traditional Marriage We Don’t Want Your Business’"
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 5, 2018
Tim Burns
Tim Burns
stated on February 6, 2018 a TV ad:
Says he is "one of America's leading consumer lawyers."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 15, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 11, 2018 a tweet:
Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 31, 2018
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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"In 1986, President Ronald Reagan" cut the business tax rate to 34 percent and "it worked -- our economy boomed, the middle class thrived and median family income increased."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 28, 2017 an interview:
Says Foxconn didn't keep a promise to build a plant in Pennsylvania because "Pennsylvania changed governors."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 25, 2017
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on August 14, 2017 a press release:
"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 16, 2017
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