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Bernie Sanders
stated on November 15, 2018 Tweet announcing new bill:

Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."

Mostly False

By Colin Meyn • November 16, 2018

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

Kanye West
stated on October 11, 2018 remarks at the White House:

In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 an ad in the Houston Defender:

Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 a news release:

Says Mahlon Mitchell "received a massive raise on the backs of hard-working firefighters and turned the union into his own personal political slush fund."

Half-True

By D.L. Davis • August 9, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2018 a tweet:

"Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."

True

By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2018

Dana Wachs
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview:

Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad:

"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2018

Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 a Republican candidate forum:

"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."

Half-True

By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018

Joe Kennedy
stated on January 30, 2018 response to State of the Union address:

"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."

Mostly True

By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018

Kayleigh McEnany
stated on December 27, 2017 an interview:

"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • January 10, 2018

Gwen Moore
stated on November 29, 2017 a House floor speech:

The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 an interview:

Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2017

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview:

Wisconsin has "the fastest-shrinking middle class in the country."

Mostly False

By Kevin Crowe, Tom Kertscher • November 29, 2017

Matt Flynn
stated on November 4, 2017 a news release:

Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."

Half-True

By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on October 18, 2017 an interview:

What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."

True

By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview:

The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • October 13, 2017

Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email:

"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."

Half-True

By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017

X posts
stated on September 11, 2017 tweets:

"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017

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