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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