Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Daniel Kelly
stated on March 3, 2020 campaign email

Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens."

By D.L. Davis • April 3, 2020

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.

By Haley BeMiller • March 27, 2020

David Crowley
stated on March 11, 2020 a debate

“I’ve passed more bills than Sen. Larson has, because ... he hasn’t passed any.”

By Eric Litke • March 20, 2020

Robin Vos
stated on March 7, 2020 a tweet

Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”

By Eric Litke • March 9, 2020

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."

March 5, 2020

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.”

By Haley BeMiller • March 2, 2020

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."

By Eric Litke • February 14, 2020

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.”

By Eric Litke • February 12, 2020

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.

By Eric Litke • January 30, 2020

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."

By Haley BeMiller • January 24, 2020

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet

"104 House Democrats voted for impeachment before the Ukraine call took place."

By Madeline Heim • December 20, 2019

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."

By Eric Litke • December 11, 2019

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."

By Mica Soellner • December 6, 2019

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."

By Eric Litke • November 5, 2019

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."

By Eric Litke • October 28, 2019

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."

By Mica Soellner • October 18, 2019

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."

By Mica Soellner • October 9, 2019

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.

By Eric Litke • October 4, 2019

Priorities USA Action
stated on July 23, 2019 a digital ad

"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."

By Eric Litke • July 26, 2019

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."

By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2019

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