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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on February 2, 2018 a TV interview
Says Supreme Court rival Michael Screnock "is running with the Koch brothers support."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • March 29, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 12, 2018 a billboard campaign
Says Rebecca Dallet is a "hypocrite" because she "took money from attorneys with over 100 cases before her."    
Mostly False
March 28, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 19, 2018 a TV ad
Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."  
Mostly True
March 23, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate
Says Rebecca Dallet "has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives."
Mostly True
March 21, 2018
Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview in Milwaukee
"A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
Mostly False
March 16, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate
Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA."  
Half-True
March 14, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on January 25, 2018 an article
Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words."
False
By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2018 a campaign appearance
"The Koch brothers have given" Paul Ryan "$500,000 in campaign contributions."  
Half-True
March 9, 2018
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio interview
"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."
True
By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on January 17, 2018 a tweet
"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 7, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 22, 2018 an interview
Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.  
Mostly True
March 2, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 15, 2018 a briefing with reporters
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
Half-True
February 26, 2018
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 21, 2017 radio interview
"We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • February 23, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on February 18, 2018 an interview
"There are more guns in this country than there are people."  
Half-True
February 20, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on January 19, 2018 an interview
Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."  
True
February 16, 2018
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield
stated on February 14, 2018 a tweet
"In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1."
Mostly False
February 15, 2018
Tim Burns
Tim Burns
stated on February 6, 2018 a TV ad
Says he is "one of America's leading consumer lawyers."  
False
February 15, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio ad
Says Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet "have openly criticized laws signed by Governor Walker that they disagree with and are campaigning as activists who will implement their policies from the bench."
Half-True
February 14, 2018
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 15, 2018 a public forum
"The past president (Barack Obama) brought Al Sharpton into the White House something like 80 times."  
True
By D.L. Davis • February 9, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2018 a speech
"We invested" in our transportation system "$24 billion over eight years. That’s $3 billion more than what former Governor Jim Doyle spent on transportation over the same period of time."
Mostly False
February 6, 2018
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