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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on July 11, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica • July 26, 2017
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on July 9, 2017 a TV interview
Says Paul Ryan "has not had a public town hall within the district for over 600 days."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • July 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2017 a speech
"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."  
False
July 20, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 4, 2017 a television interview
"In the ‘40s, 68 cents of every health care dollar was actually paid for by the patient, today it’s only 11 cents."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2017
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
stated on July 7, 2017 a recall filing
Says Tom Barrett "has directed that tens of millions of City of Milwaukee tax dollars be used for the construction of a downtown trolley at the expense of: health and public safety; repair and replacement of public infrastructure; public education; and, job creation and economic development."  
Mostly False
July 14, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 9, 2017 an interview
"It's an absolute fact" that China and North Korea "have consistently over many, many years" meddled in U.S. elections.  
False
July 13, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 17, 2017 a radio interview
Tax cuts approved and those proposed in his state budget "will exceed $8 billion by the time the budget is done."  
True
By Alan Hovorka • July 12, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview
"There are so many data that demonstrate that poor people, surprisingly, are less likely to use drugs than people with means."
False
July 7, 2017
Paul Soglin
Paul Soglin
stated on June 18, 2017 an interview
Since he and Scott Walker took office in 2011, "60,000 new jobs have been created in this state -- 40,000 of them were created in Madison and the Madison area."      
False
July 5, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 8, 2017 a radio interview
Says Scott Walker recently said "he got his bald spot from hitting his head on a cabinet, and it's not a joke, he actually said that his bald spot came because he hit his head on a cabinet."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 3, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 5, 2017 an interview
When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."  
Mostly False
June 30, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech
Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare."  
Half-True
June 28, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech at the state Democratic convention
 "Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."
True
By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017
X posts
X posts
stated on May 23, 2017 a tweet
"Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle."  
Mostly False
June 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2017 a speech
"Obamacare premiums have doubled" in Wisconsin.  
Half-True
June 15, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 31, 2017 an interview
"The best estimate is that 200,000 people in Wisconsin were either denied or chilled in their efforts to vote" in the 2016 presidential election.  
Mostly False
June 9, 2017
Jesse Kremer
Jesse Kremer
stated on May 11, 2017 a legislative hearing
"The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."  
False
June 8, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 18, 2017 a radio interview
"Property taxes are lower right now than they were" in December 2010 on a median-valued home in Wisconsin.  
Mostly True
June 7, 2017
Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
stated on May 21, 2017 an interview
"When you look at all the state and local taxes we pay in Wisconsin, the wealthiest 1 percent pay the lowest overall tax rate."
Mostly True
June 2, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 a hearing
In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."    
False
May 31, 2017
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