Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post

COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.”

By Eric Litke • April 29, 2020

Tom Tiffany
stated on April 20, 2020 a public forum

Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”

By Haley BeMiller • April 22, 2020

Public Citizen
stated on April 4, 2020 a tweet

Says 3.5 million U.S. citizens lost their employer-tied health insurance in March, while zero lost their coverage in 20 other large nations combined.

By Madeline Heim • April 16, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2020 a viral post

Says a study projects Wisconsin’s coronavirus cases will peak on April 26, 2020

By Eric Litke • March 31, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 a Facebook post

“Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.”

By Eric Litke • March 20, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2020 a Facebook post

Says 93,000 blacks didn’t vote in Milwaukee (in 2016)

By Eric Litke • March 19, 2020

Chris Kapenga
stated on February 19, 2020 news release

“Car thefts (are) increasing in 8 of the 10 most populous (Wisconsin) counties.”

By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2020

Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet

"Prescription drug companies are charging Americans prices that are on average 4x higher than what's charged in other countries."

By Mica Soellner • March 5, 2020

Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet

“There’s an Amazon distribution center that was advertising, last time I was there, up to $12.75 an hour. Your parents made that three decades ago.”

By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a public forum

“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”

By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020

Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 10, 2019 a tweet

“Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 5, 2020

David Crowley
stated on October 22, 2019 a tweet

"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget."

By D.L. Davis • January 3, 2020

Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview

Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."

By Eric Litke • November 26, 2019

Mike Pence
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet

"Since President (Donald Trump’s) election, 36,000 jobs have been created in WI."

By Eric Litke • November 21, 2019

Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet

"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."

By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019

Jack Salzwedel
stated on October 8, 2019 a public forum

"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery."

By D.L. Davis • November 1, 2019

Mark Perry
stated on June 28, 2019 a radio interview

"Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux."

By Mica Soellner • September 19, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum

"We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"

By Mica Soellner • July 26, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum

At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."

By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2019

Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 6, 2019 a tweet

"If out-of-state drivers paid gas tax, they would contribute $73 million to fix our roads"

By Mica Soellner • June 28, 2019

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