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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing
"Obamacare has failed."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 a letter
Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet
The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."
True
By Tom Kertscher • January 17, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 10, 2017 In a speech
Wisconsin property taxes, as a percentage of personal income, "are the lowest that they've been since the end of World War II."
True
By Tom Kertscher • January 13, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview
Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 11, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 23, 2016 an interview
"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 16, 2016 an interview
Says Donald Trump's first 17 Cabinet appointments "have a net worth of more than a third of America."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 30, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 10, 2016 an interview
"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 12, 2016 an interview
Fifty percent of workers ages 55 to 64 have "zero" money "in the bank as they enter retirement."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2016 a speech
America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on December 1, 2016 an interview
Wisconsin has only one county, Dane, "that's hand counting the votes" in the 2016 presidential recount.  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 18, 2016 an interview
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2016
X posts
X posts
stated on December 6, 2016 tweets
In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 7, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 17, 2016 an interview
"Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers" -- Barack Obama "had them to the White House."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2016
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on November 26, 2016 a video
"Wisconsin uses voting machines that are outlawed, they are illegal."  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • November 29, 2016
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on October 13, 2016 an opinion column
"Slavery is still allowable under Wisconsin law as long as it’s a punishment for a crime."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on November 14, 2016 an interview
Says Donald Trump's presidential victory was "an electoral landslide."    
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2016
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 15, 2016 an interview
Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 18, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on November 3, 2016 a video
"Anyone who knows you can just" look it up to "see if you voted."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 9, 2016
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