Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Tony Evers
stated on January 2, 2019 a public forum

On dissolving the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. in his first budget

By Eric Litke • January 17, 2019

Roger Roth
stated on December 16, 2018 an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV

In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general."

By Eric Litke • January 11, 2019

Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2018 a session with reporters

On taking major actions in a lame-duck session.

By Eric Litke • December 7, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 14, 2018 a radio interview

Says as a Schedule 1 drug, marijuana carries a designation that means it "should not be researched"

By Eric Litke • November 21, 2018

Gwen Moore
stated on November 8, 2018 a TV interview

"We have lost over $1 billion in not taking the Medicaid expansion money, only to insure fewer people."

By Eric Litke • November 20, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 14, 2018 a radio interview

Says VA doctors are "censored from being able to talk to their patients" about marijuana, even in states where it is legal for medicinal use

By Eric Litke • November 9, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on November 1, 2018 a public forum

Says Walker "wants to get rid of" students’ ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance.

By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on September 25, 2018 a campaign ad

Says Scott Walker ‘cut $800 million from our schools.’

By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign ad

Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."

By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on August 27, 2018 a TV ad

Says Scott Walker refused federal funds and "Wisconsin families now pay nearly 50% more than Minnesotans for the same health care."

By Eric Litke • September 7, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on April 22, 2018 an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha

Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.

By Eric Litke • June 6, 2018

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 a website campaign statement

Says he was "instrumental to passing two (recent) pieces of legislation that were a huge victory for firefighters across the state."

By Eric Litke • May 7, 2018

Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio interview

"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."

By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on January 17, 2018 a tweet

"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."

By Eric Litke • March 7, 2018

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 21, 2017 radio interview

"We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin."

By Eric Litke • February 23, 2018

Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email

"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."

By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on July 19, 2017 a tweet

"We took Wisconsin from the Bottom 10 for business to the Top 10."

By Eric Litke • August 23, 2017

Brad Schimel
stated on April 9, 2017 a TV interview

There is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin.

By Eric Litke • May 19, 2017

Ron Kind
stated on February 16, 2017 a radio interview

"We're experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico."

By Eric Litke • April 26, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 2, 2017 various public comments

On whether the Senate should vote in a timely manner on a Supreme Court nominee.

By Eric Litke • February 22, 2017

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