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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
August 16, 2017
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