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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 a speech
Wisconsin’s "effective" unemployment rate is 20 percent.
False
March 30, 2016
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview
Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."
Mostly True
March 30, 2016
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on March 15, 2016 a television ad
An image in a Chris Abele TV ad depicts "wealthy citizens" who would benefit from a "lake" created by the controversial Estabrook Dam.
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • March 29, 2016
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 a radio interview
Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."
False
March 25, 2016
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
stated on March 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge."
Mostly False
March 23, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview
"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 a website posting
In the primary election, a "right-wing group spent more than $100,000,000 to support" Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley.
False
By James B. Nelson • March 21, 2016
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on March 3, 2016 an interview
The Mitchell Park Domes "lose about $1 million-plus every year" and "the number of people going to the Domes has been going down."      
False
By James B. Nelson • March 18, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on March 16, 2016 a tweet
"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  
True
March 17, 2016
Bill McCoshen
Bill McCoshen
stated on March 11, 2016 a talk show
Says when Bernie Sanders was in college, Sanders said "something very similar" to what conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley had written as a college student in the 1990s -- that "women have a legitimate role in date rape."
Half-True
March 17, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 5, 2016 a public forum
Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country."
Half-True
March 11, 2016
stated on March 7, 2016 a radio ad
"Republican Bob Donovan" has "run as a Republican time and again."  
Half-True
March 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2016 a TV ad
"When the auto industry was going under, car parts companies like" Johnson Controls "begged taxpayers for a bailout, and they got one."  
Half-True
March 9, 2016
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 24, 2016 a tweet
"Over 32,000 people die from #GunViolence every year. Yet, (The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is banned from researching ways to prevent this."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • March 9, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview
"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."
False
March 4, 2016
Marina Dimitrijevic
Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a "billionaire."
False
By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech
When Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end" of Romney’s chances to win.  
False
February 26, 2016
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 20, 2015 a radio interview
Says "Barack Obama is apparently not for vetting people and saying just anybody can come" to the United States.
False
By Sarah Hauer • February 26, 2016
Wisconsin Working Families Party
Wisconsin Working Families Party
stated on January 15, 2016 a direct mail flier
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent "$100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV."
False
By James B. Nelson • February 24, 2016
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 a TV show
In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.
Mostly True
February 19, 2016
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