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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 15, 2020 a tweet
"The Trump Administration is trying to take food assistance away from Wisconsin families when people are out of work and struggling."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • June 1, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 30, 2020 a Facebook post
Protesters “broke into the White House.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 30, 2020
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on May 5, 2020 a radio interview
“For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.”
Mostly False
By Jessica Calefati • May 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 21, 2020 a Facebook post
Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 27, 2020 a Facebook post
Says an image of armed anti-lockdown protesters and an image of unarmed Minneapolis protesters being tear gassed were taken in the “same state, same month.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 14, 2020 the Condition of the State address
Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
Mostly True
By Katie Ann McCarver • May 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 28, 2020 a post
The death of George Floyd was a "staged event."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • May 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2020 a Facebook post
Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 17, 2020 various statements
On keeping inspectors general independent of the president
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on May 19, 2020 in a TV and digital ad
Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • May 29, 2020
Joe Kernen
Joe Kernen
stated on May 27, 2020 an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box"
“We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 28, 2020
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 26, 2020 Tweet
Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View.
False
By Emily Venezky • May 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2020 a Facebook post
“This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on May 18, 2020 a debate
“I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.”
Mostly True
By Caleb McCullough • May 28, 2020
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet
Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
“This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
False
By Emily Venezky • May 28, 2020
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on May 7, 2020 a letter to the president
"Right now, China controls 80% of all ingredients and raw materials going into our generic prescription drugs."
Mostly False
By Anna Peterson • May 28, 2020
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