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Dane County Republican Party
Dane County Republican Party
stated on August 25, 2017 a news release
"The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party." 
False
By D.L. Davis • October 23, 2017
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Viral image
stated on October 9, 2017 Internet posts
A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017
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Viral image
stated on August 22, 2017 social media feeds
"At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2017
James Peterson
James Peterson
stated on June 23, 2017 a ruling from the bench
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2017 a question-and-answer session with reporters
White nationalist protesters in Charlottesville "had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2017
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 13, 2017 on NBC’s Meet The Press
"The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • August 15, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 a speech
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
August 1, 2017
Infowars
Infowars
stated on June 14, 2017 a website article
Says Loretta Lynch was part of "a stunning collection of calls to violence and murder from the intolerant, unhinged leftists in the Democrat party."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 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
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 17, 2017 a tweet
"Voter turnout in 2016 was reduced by approx. 200,000 votes because of WI’s photo ID laws."  
Mostly False
May 24, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 a fund-raising email
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
April 17, 2017
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner
stated on March 31, 2017
Says North Carolina's replacement for HB2 "orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain."
False
By Will Doran • April 4, 2017
Resistance Report
Resistance Report
stated on March 2, 2017 a website posting
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall."
Pants on Fire!
March 7, 2017
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
stated on February 28, 2017 a website posting
Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
False
March 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a blog post
Say George Soros's money "went straight into the (Women’s March) protesters’ pockets."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • January 25, 2017
George Takei
George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 5, 2017 remarks to reporters supporting legislation related to bathroom access
"Martin Luther King said our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2017
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
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "advocated diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called conversion therapy."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • December 2, 2016
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