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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Daniel Kelly
Daniel Kelly
stated on March 3, 2020 campaign email:
Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 3, 2020
Daniel Kelly
Daniel Kelly
stated on March 8, 2020 a TV interview:
Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background.
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • March 27, 2020
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on March 11, 2020 a debate:
“I’ve passed more bills than Sen. Larson has, because ... he hasn’t passed any.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 20, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 7, 2020 a tweet:
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 25, 2020 a debate:
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • March 2, 2020
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 22, 2020 a news release:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 14, 2020
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 22, 2020 the State of the State:
“I delivered on my campaign promise for a 10% tax cut for Wisconsin families.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2020
Robert Spindell
Robert Spindell
stated on January 19, 2020 a TV interview:
Says some of the names that may be purged from voter roll are people who have died.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • January 30, 2020
Jill Karofsky
Jill Karofsky
stated on November 19, 2019 a public forum:
"The Department of Corrections budget in Wisconsin is more than the Department of Education budget."
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • January 24, 2020
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet:
"104 House Democrats voted for impeachment before the Ukraine call took place." 
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • December 20, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 2, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • December 11, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview:
On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • December 6, 2019
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on October 31, 2019 a tweet:
The House impeachment rules resolution "does not provide the president with due process protections that were afforded to both President Clinton and President Nixon."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • November 5, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on October 22, 2019 an interview:
Says "red flag laws" allow gun seizure without a judge’s involvement: "They take it away first. Then you have to get permission from a judge to do it."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • October 28, 2019
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on September 20, 2019 a press release:
Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • October 18, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 15, 2019 a tweet:
"Republican policies have led to business investment growth that’s 10 times faster than what we saw under President Obama."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • October 9, 2019
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on September 22, 2019 a TV interview:
Universal background checks involve asking people "to submit the serial numbers to their guns to a state or federal official," and that violates the Second Amendment.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2019
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 23, 2019 a digital ad:
"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 26, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 21, 2019 CNN State of the Union interview:
"There's a survey done in Guatemala. A third of Guatemalans intend to migrate to the United States. That's about 5.8 million people."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2019
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