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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"In 1986, President Ronald Reagan" cut the business tax rate to 34 percent and "it worked -- our economy boomed, the middle class thrived and median family income increased."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 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
By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on May 9, 2017 an interview:
The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 12, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work":
"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017
Wisconsin Freedom Alliance
Wisconsin Freedom Alliance
stated on April 25, 2017 a radio ad:
Wisconsin politicians get daily expense payments "even if they don’t spend a dime on meals, or lodging or travel," and "no receipts are required for them to get paid."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 3, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address:
"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2017
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
stated on March 16, 2017 a press release:
"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 21, 2017 an interview:
The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would reduce subsidies that help lower-income people buy health insurance, but also "expand the entitlement" by giving subsidies to higher-income people "that Obamacare never helped."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 a video:
Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."   
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 a tweet:
"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people." 
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017
Bono
Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 a speech at the Munich Security Conference:
"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview:
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2017 a speech:
Says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a "government service golden parachute" payment of $180 million "from Exxon Mobil that he would have to forfeit had he taken a job elsewhere."    
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2017
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 a news conference:
Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.   
False
By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 10, 2017 In a speech:
Wisconsin property taxes, as a percentage of personal income, "are the lowest that they've been since the end of World War II."
True
By Tom Kertscher • January 13, 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
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2016 a radio ad:
Says Russ Feingold "voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton's "plan is going to raise taxes and even double your taxes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016
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