Latest Fact-Checks By Madeline Heim

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Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on March 9, 2022 in Campaign email:
Says Gov. Tony Evers gave $2.4 million in COVID relief money to Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout Wisconsin “to bail them out and fund abortions."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • March 25, 2022
Wisconsin Initiative
Wisconsin Initiative
stated on February 23, 2022 in TV ad:
“Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 22, 2022
Mary Felzkowski
Mary Felzkowski
stated on February 15, 2022 in Public statement:
“Over-vaccination causes faster mutation of the (COVID-19) virus, which causes a super virus we may not have the ability to fight off.”
False
By Madeline Heim • March 1, 2022
Greta Neubauer
Greta Neubauer
stated on February 21, 2022 in Twitter:
“Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election.
False
By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2022
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 in Twitter:
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on December 12, 2021 in TV interview:
The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 8, 2021 in Radio interview:
Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps."
Pants on Fire!
By Madeline Heim • December 13, 2021
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on November 5, 2021 in News release:
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • November 23, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 23, 2021 in Campaign email:
The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.”
False
By Madeline Heim • November 9, 2021
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on September 28, 2021 in Email:
Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
True
By Madeline Heim • November 2, 2021
Ben Wikler
Ben Wikler
stated on September 23, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Rebecca Kleefisch played a key role in the Foxconn deal, “the largest attempted government handout to a foreign company in American history."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 26, 2021
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on August 25, 2021 in Twitter:
“Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • September 24, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 12, 2021 in Email statement:
“A Milwaukee election employee even acknowledged dropping off just the margin of ballots needed for a Biden win at 3 a.m.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madeline Heim • August 23, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter:
“324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
True
By Madeline Heim • August 13, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 4, 2021
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter:
“Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • July 9, 2021
Peter Feigin
Peter Feigin
stated on June 23, 2021 in Twitter:
Says people are moving to Milwaukee “in record numbers”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • July 2, 2021
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on June 12, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Joe Biden “will force Americans to pay for abortion — on demand — up to birth.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • June 30, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter:
“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 19, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter:
“Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 2, 2021
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