Latest Fact-Checks By Nusaiba Mizan

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Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 in a rally:
"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 28, 2022
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on December 2, 2021 in an email:
"The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 18, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 in a rally:
"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 10, 2022
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 28, 2021 in in a speech:
"U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030."
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 30, 2021
Colin Allred
Colin Allred
stated on October 25, 2021 in in a TV interview:
"You've had over 2 million women drop out of the workforce during this pandemic."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 23, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 18, 2021 in a TV interview:
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 15, 2021
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 9, 2021 in Twitter:
“Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • June 9, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post:
The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 26, 2021
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on January 9, 2021 in Twitter:
“It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 15, 2021
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on November 8, 2020 in a TV interview:
The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.
Half-True
By Eric Litke, Nusaiba Mizan • November 18, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 11, 2020 in a news release:
Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 20, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 in Speech:
“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 12, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview:
“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • August 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • July 20, 2020
Janel Brandtjen
Janel Brandtjen
stated on May 12, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Gov Tony Evers’ administration deemed dentists non-essential
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 15, 2020
Paul Farrow
Paul Farrow
stated on April 30, 2020 in online post:
Says a meat shortage is “not expected”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 5, 2020
Roger Roth
Roger Roth
stated on January 20, 2020 in a public forum:
“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 10, 2019 in a tweet:
“Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 5, 2020
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