Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on December 4, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
“Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.”
False
By Laura Schulte • December 29, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on September 15, 2023 News release
Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."
Mostly True
By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on December 8, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
"Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 19, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2023 TV interview
Democrats have also used alternate slates of electors "repeatedly in all kinds of different states."
False
By Ricardo Torres • December 15, 2023
Jill Billings
Jill Billings
stated on November 14, 2023 Assembly floor speech
“With school-based professional social workers, the recommendation is 400-to-1, and in Wisconsin, we’re almost triple that.”
True
By Tyler Katzenberger • December 13, 2023
Ron Tusler
Ron Tusler
stated on September 12, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • December 8, 2023
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on November 15, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
“I have been a state legislator for 11 years, passing over 170 bills into law and delivering for Wisconsin families.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 8, 2023
Jodi Emerson
Jodi Emerson
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly
"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 5, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 10, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
"In order to be a poll worker on the conservative side, you have to register through the Republican Party of Wisconsin."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 4, 2023
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on September 28, 2023 Public appearance
“Washington, D.C., allows noncitizens to vote in (municipal elections)" so a Russian citizen, after living in Washington for 30 days can "vote for mayor in Washington, D.C. And they don’t even need to show their ID to do it.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • December 4, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 8, 2023 an ad
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “voted to send hundreds of millions to Iran” to bankroll “radicals like Hezbollah and Hamas.”
Mostly False
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 24, 2023
Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
stated on October 25, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson "opposes Social Security benefits."
Mostly False
By Sophia Voight • November 17, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on October 12, 2023 Assembly floor speech
“Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition.
False
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 15, 2023
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
stated on November 1, 2023 TV ad
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “refuses to clean up our voter rolls”
Pants on Fire!
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 8, 2023
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
stated on November 1, 2023 TV ad
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “allowed for the use of illegal drop boxes and ballot harvesting.”
False
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 8, 2023
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
stated on November 1, 2023 TV ad
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “permitted the ‘Zuckerbucks’ influence money.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 8, 2023
Rachael Cabral-Guevara,
Rachael Cabral-Guevara,
stated on October 18, 2023 Public hearing
Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care.
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • November 7, 2023
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on July 27, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
Potato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered "essential."
True
By Sophia Voight • November 3, 2023
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2023 Interview
“Wisconsin has historically … and I think largely continues to be, a blue state.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • October 31, 2023
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on October 5, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
The Milwaukee Brewers “are complaining about a lack of transit going to the ballpark at the same time as they are testifying in favor (of) taking $135 million away from Milwaukee County, which funds transit."
Mostly False
By Ricardo Torres • October 27, 2023
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