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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
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 a debate:
Social Security "was basically invented" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; "that's where Franklin Roosevelt got the idea."
True
By Jonathan Anderson • December 16, 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
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 14, 2016 a debate:
Under Obamacare, "premiums have doubled and tripled" in Wisconsin.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • December 13, 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
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:
 "America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 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
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on October 26, 2016 an ad:
Says "Ron Johnson calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme and wants to privatize the program."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 4, 2016
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 28, 2016 an ad:
Says Russ Feingold said that with Obamacare, "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 4, 2016
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