Latest Fact-Checks By Madeline Heim

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Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 7, 2021 in Twitter:
Wisconsin’s 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor’s proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit.
True
By Madeline Heim • May 25, 2021
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on March 21, 2021 in TV interview:
"There’s no strings attached to that money that we’d be getting as an incentive to expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • May 7, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 in Speech:
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 14, 2021 in TV interview:
“There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
True
By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter:
"Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 5, 2021
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter:
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
False
By Madeline Heim • December 7, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 15, 2020 in a TV interview:
"We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.”
True
By Madeline Heim • November 17, 2020
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview:
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in Debate:
“I brought back Big Ten football.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 in a speech:
“If you just count all the deaths in the red states, we are number two in the world in deaths, just behind Brazil.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 1, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 13, 2020 in radio interview:
For younger people, seasonal flu is “in many cases” a deadlier virus than COVID-19
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • September 8, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 1, 2020 in News release:
“Biden failed to condemn far-left violent groups like Antifa, instead faulting only the brave men and women of law enforcement.”
False
By Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 31, 2020 in a statement:
Says Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes “have participated in rallies that have done more to incite than calm the situation” in Kenosha
False
By Madeline Heim • September 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2020 in Facebook post:
Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 31, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post:
Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal."
True
By Madeline Heim • August 27, 2020
Michael Schraa
Michael Schraa
stated on July 24, 2020 in Interview:
Says wearing masks has been “proven ineffective.”
False
By Madeline Heim • July 30, 2020
Public Citizen
Public Citizen
stated on June 29, 2020 in a tweet:
“Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)."
True
By Madeline Heim • July 23, 2020
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 25, 2020 in a TV interview:
"The average family in America forks over more of their hard-earned income to their local hospital than to the IRS.”
True
By Madeline Heim • July 22, 2020
Tim Carpenter
Tim Carpenter
stated on May 23, 2020 in Twitter:
Republicans didn't "increase state funding for nursing homes in the last budget."
False
By Madeline Heim • July 6, 2020
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on March 4, 2020 in news release:
"If Roe is overturned, Wisconsin has a law on the books that would immediately make abortion a crime.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 11, 2020
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