Latest Fact-Checks By Laura Schulte

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Guns 2nd Amendment

Barnes partially right on claim that Johnson has received $1.2 million from gun lobby

June 28, 2022

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.

Wisconsin voters in line Nov. 3, 2020

Kleefisch campaign wrong that Wisconsin had smallest margin in 2020 presidential election

June 23, 2022

“Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.”

Abortion demonstrators US SCOTUS 05.03.2022

Yes, Wisconsin’s abortion law is older than 20 U.S. states

June 22, 2022

“Wisconsin's archaic abortion ban is older than 20 states."

Bucky Badger Bascom Hall

Grothman mostly right on who would benefit from student loan debt forgiveness

June 10, 2022

"Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but…

State Crime Lab generic

Wis. Gov. Evers didn’t cause slowdown of state crime labs

May 26, 2022

On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”

Border Patrol van at Southern Border

Re-crossings at the border not the only factor in ongoing border crisis

May 17, 2022

“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”

Shoppers at grocery store

Yes, inflation is at a 40-year high, and rates have been climbing throughout Biden’s time in office

April 22, 2022

“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”

Kleefisch Walker

Kleefisch didn’t have the power to cut taxes on her own as lieutenant governor

April 13, 2022

“As your Lieutenant Governor…I cut your taxes.”

Gas pump nozzle

No, Democrats aren’t responsible for rising gas prices

March 29, 2022

Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”

Border Patrol van at Southern Border

Immigrants who are known criminals are not using an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft

March 4, 2022

Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland…

US Senate chamber

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s stance on filibuster shifts since 2012 and she now favors elimination

February 4, 2022

On eliminating the filibuster.

Moderna and Pfizer vaccine vials file photo Sept. 2021

Johnson wrong on claim that COVID vaccines are killing athletes on the playing field

January 28, 2022

“All these athletes are dropping dead on the field” after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination.

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