Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Mark Pocan
stated on May 21, 2021 Twitter:

Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion.

By Laura Schulte • June 8, 2021

Ron Johnson
stated on April 8, 2021 Twitter:

With federal stimulus money for schools, “no distinctions are being made between Wisconsin schools that remain closed to in-person learning, and those that have been re-opened for months.”

By Laura Schulte • May 5, 2021

Janet Bewley
stated on March 28, 2021 TV interview:

Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing

By Eric Litke • April 16, 2021

Glenn Grothman
stated on March 24, 2021 Twitter:

“We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”

By Laura Schulte • April 12, 2021

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."

By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021

Ron Johnson
stated on March 20, 2021 a speech:

“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”

By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021

Duey Stroebel
stated on March 7, 2021 a TV interview:

"We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before."

By Eric Litke • March 19, 2021

Scott Fitzgerald
stated on February 27, 2021 a press release:

“More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”

By Eric Litke • March 1, 2021

Ron Johnson
stated on February 12, 2021 Twitter:

“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”

By D.L. Davis • March 1, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.:

“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.

By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 a CNN town hall:

“For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”

By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2021

Jim Steineke
stated on January 17, 2021 a TV interview:

Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature.

By Eric Litke • February 3, 2021

Scott Walker
stated on January 26, 2021 a Facebook post:

“The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”

By Eric Litke • January 28, 2021

Ben Wikler
stated on November 8, 2020 TV interview:

"Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.

By D.L. Davis • November 13, 2020

Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 a presentation:

"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”

By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020

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

By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 Debate:

“I brought back Big Ten football.”

By Madeline Heim • October 6, 2020

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 17, 2020 Campaign mailer:

"At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed."

By D.L. Davis • September 28, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2020 a Facebook post:

“So far, out of 175 arrested in Kenosha, 102 were not from Kenosha. Rioting has become its own industry.”

By Eric Litke • September 18, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2020 a community meeting:

“A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.”

By Eric Litke • September 4, 2020

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