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Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Giffords
Giffords
stated on March 13, 2018 an ad:
"Paul Ryan has blocked all action to strengthen our gun laws."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 8, 2018:
"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate:
Says Rebecca Dallet "has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2018
Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview in Milwaukee:
"A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 22, 2018 an interview :
Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 15, 2018 a briefing with reporters:
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 a speech:
"Instead of two for one, we have cut 22 burdensome regulations for everyone new rule."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • February 2, 2018
Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship
stated on December 3, 2017 a campaign ad:
Says "Obama’s deadliest cover-up (in an explosion that killed 29 miners) has been uncovered" by internal government documents.  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference:
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 3, 2017 a news release:
The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 2, 2017 a tweet:
90 percent of Americans "support universal background checks" for gun purchases.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 3, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 20, 2017 an interview:
The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 14, 2017 a Facebook Live town hall:
Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2017
X posts
X posts
stated on September 11, 2017 tweets:
"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 an interview:
"You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges.  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 4, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech:
Says President Donald Trump "has signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in American history and has already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • July 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2017 a speech:
"Obamacare premiums have doubled" in Wisconsin.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 an interview:
Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2017
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