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Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on February 18, 2018 an interview:
"There are more guns in this country than there are people."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 20, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio ad:
Says Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet "have openly criticized laws signed by Governor Walker that they disagree with and are campaigning as activists who will implement their policies from the bench."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 an interview:
About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on January 10, 2018 a campaign appearance:
Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 19, 2018
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on December 27, 2017 an interview:
"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 10, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 13, 2017 an interview:
The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 29, 2017 a House floor speech:
The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 an interview:
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2017
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on November 15, 2017 an online popup ad:
Says Paul Ryan is leading the effort to "pass a tax bill with divisive conception language by disguising it as a college savings plan" in "another attempt to ban abortion and rob women of their reproductive rights."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 22, 2017
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on November 4, 2017 a news release:
Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2017
Scot Ross
Scot Ross
stated on November 3, 2017 an interview:
"Since 2015, Scott Walker has not done a public event where you don't have to pay admission or be on an approved list."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2017
Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
stated on November 7, 2017 a Facebook post:
Says Glenn Grothman "is the single-most partisan member of the House."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview:
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2017
Freedom Partners
Freedom Partners
stated on October 26, 2017 TV ads:
"Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxes."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2017
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 12, 2017 an interview:
In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 20, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 3, 2017 a news release:
The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email:
"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on September 5, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
Half-True
By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on August 14, 2017 a press release:
"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 16, 2017
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