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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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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
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
December 30, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 10, 2016 an interview
"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."
Pants on Fire!
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
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
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!
December 9, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 18, 2016 an interview
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
True
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
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
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!
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
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
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
November 18, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
Mostly True
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
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
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
November 4, 2016
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