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stated on March 24, 2020 a Facebook post:

Says Gov. Tony Evers is “pushing firearm confiscation orders”

By Eric Litke • March 25, 2020

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on March 15, 2020 a tweet:

Says coronavirus is just “the damn flu.”

By Eric Litke • March 19, 2020

Joe Sanfelippo
stated on February 13, 2020 the GOP weekly radio address:

“Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017.”

By Eric Litke • February 20, 2020

Tom Tiffany
stated on December 12, 2019 a debate:

Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.

By Laura Schulte • January 15, 2020

Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 17, 2019 a tweet:

Says voter roll purge would mean "more than 200,000 registered Wisconsin voters will be prohibited from voting."

By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University:

Between 27,000 and 200,000 Wisconsinites were "turned away" from the polls in 2016 due to lack of proper identification.

By Eric Litke • September 19, 2019

Ron Tusler
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post:

"Less mass shootings under Trump!"

By Eric Litke • August 6, 2019

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 3, 2019 a speech:

In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.

By D.L. Davis • March 6, 2019

Tony Evers
stated on February 18, 2019 a news release:

By Eric Litke • February 22, 2019

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement:

Potential Foxconn changes are due to "the wave of economic uncertainty" from Evers administration

By Eric Litke • February 1, 2019

Roger Roth
stated on December 16, 2018 an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV:

In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general."

By Eric Litke • January 11, 2019

Leah Vukmir
stated on July 26, 2018 a public forum:

Says "I have been through the gauntlet, when we had riots in that Capitol."

By D.L. Davis • September 4, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on July 5, 2018 a news release:

Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."

By Tom Kertscher • July 13, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a public forum:

Says Wisconsin "hadn’t been won by a Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1952. And I won Wisconsin. … Ronald Reagan, remember, Wisconsin was the state that Ronald Reagan did not win."

By D.L. Davis • June 29, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on May 14, 2018 an interview:

Says Tammy Baldwin is "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting CIA director nominee Gina Haspel.

By Tom Kertscher • May 18, 2018

Tom Palzewicz
stated on May 14, 2018 a tweet:

Says Jim Sensenbrenner "has been in office for 40 years" and "he's led on exactly one bill," the Patriot Act.

By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2018

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on December 30, 2017 a tweet:

Says Hillary Clinton once said "the average Democrat voter is just plain stupid, they’re easy to manipulate."

By Tom Kertscher • January 5, 2018

Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 1, 2017 a tweet:

"Under Trump’s new tax plan … 99.8% of Americans" get "not one nickel" in tax cuts.

By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2017

Brad Schimel
stated on April 9, 2017 a TV interview:

There is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin.

By Eric Litke • May 19, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on May 2, 2017 a news conference:

"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.

By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2017

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