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Crystal Quade
Crystal Quade
stated on August 9, 2017 a letter:
"The governor’s cuts would kick over 8,000 people out of their homes."
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • September 10, 2017
Glenna Hodge
Glenna Hodge
stated on July 20, 2017 testimony before a Texas Senate committee:
"Schools in Austin Independent School District are teaching children as young as 4 years old that their gender is fluid – that they’re not a boy or a girl and they can choose whichever gender they want."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 8, 2017
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 a digital ad:
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 a Republican party meeting in Orlando:
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"In 1986, President Ronald Reagan" cut the business tax rate to 34 percent and "it worked -- our economy boomed, the middle class thrived and median family income increased."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on September 5, 2017 remarks at the Justice Department:
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 a town hall:
Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2017 an MSNBC interview:
"Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter:
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on August 26, 2017 in a tweet:
Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 30, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 28, 2017 an interview:
Says Foxconn didn't keep a promise to build a plant in Pennsylvania because "Pennsylvania changed governors."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 25, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on August 22, 2017 in an ad:
Says Kelli Ward hosted a town hall on "chemtrail conspiracy theories" and is open to sponsoring chemtrails legislation.
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 25, 2017
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on August 23, 2017 comments on Twitter:
Says the Joker's "Red Hood" origin story is "the true one."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 25, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 9, 2017 a podcast:
"We’ve got a police station that’s under construction right now, they are actually ahead of schedule and under budget."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 24, 2017
David Frum
David Frum
stated on August 21, 2017 a tweet:
"No president in history has imposed larger personal lifestyle costs on the taxpayer than Donald Trump."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 23, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 19, 2017 a tweet:
"We took Wisconsin from the Bottom 10 for business to the Top 10."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • August 23, 2017
John Moorlach
John Moorlach
stated on August 4, 2017 an op-ed:
"Crime has been getting worse since Jerry Brown was elected governor."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 22, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on July 31, 2017 in a blog:
Gov. Roy Cooper has "filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 22, 2017
Alex Castellanos
Alex Castellanos
stated on August 20, 2017 comments on ABC's 'This Week':
"(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 Press release:
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
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