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Bernie Sanders
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
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
Kanye West
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
October 12, 2018
Scott Walker
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
October 11, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
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
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
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2018 a tweet
"Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."  
True
June 22, 2018
Dana Wachs
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
June 15, 2018
Scott Walker
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
May 30, 2018
Adam Putnam
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
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
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
January 10, 2018
Gwen Moore
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
December 15, 2017
Paul Ryan
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
December 8, 2017
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin has "the fastest-shrinking middle class in the country."  
Mostly False
By Kevin Crowe • November 29, 2017
Matt Flynn
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 • November 17, 2017
Mark Pocan
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
October 27, 2017
Paul Ryan
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
October 13, 2017
Andy Gronik
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
X posts
stated on September 11, 2017 tweets
"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
September 11, 2017
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