Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Opportunity Wisconsin
Opportunity Wisconsin
stated on September 14, 2023 News release
"The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • October 25, 2023
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on October 17, 2023 Public appearance
“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • October 25, 2023
Barbara Dittrich
Barbara Dittrich
stated on October 4, 2023 Public hearing
There are "about a half a dozen" transgender athletes competing in Wisconsin K-12 schools.
Mostly False
By Tyler Katzenberger • October 18, 2023
Rebecca Cooke
Rebecca Cooke
stated on September 1, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
"Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 23, 2023 Public appearance
Thanks to negotiating drug prices "our seniors, instead of paying $500 a month for drugs, are paying no more than 35 cents."
False
By Ricardo Torres • October 9, 2023
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 27, 2023 Interview
China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”
Half-True
By Sophia Voight • October 6, 2023
LaKeshia Myers
LaKeshia Myers
stated on June 6, 2023 News release
During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • September 8, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2023 an interview on Fox News
In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 Public appearance
The COVID vaccine “has been proven to have negative efficacy.”
False
By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2023
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on April 13, 2023 Radio interview
On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban
Half Flip
By Vanessa Swales • June 1, 2023
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on April 26, 2023 Twitter
Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage"
True
By D.L. Davis • May 26, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 9, 2023 Podcast
“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."
True
By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 Public statement
Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • May 5, 2023
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2023 TV interview
"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”
True
By D.L. Davis • April 18, 2023
American Principles Project
American Principles Project
stated on March 8, 2023 Campaign ad
At a Wisconsin school, a 12-year-old girl "was transitioned into a boy by school officials without parental consent," and Protasiewicz supports it.
Pants on Fire!
By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 8, 2023 Twitter
The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz
Janet Protasiewicz
stated on March 9, 2023 TV ad
As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • March 24, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 News release
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Joan Ballweg
Joan Ballweg
stated on January 24, 2023 Twitter
"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 14, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 21, 2023 YouTube ad
“Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
False
By Laura Schulte • March 7, 2023
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