Latest Fact Checks By Laura Schulte

Yes, the Thin Blue Line flag has taken a more prominent place during Trump rallies

By Laura Schulte

October 28, 2020

An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally.

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Claim that there was mask requirement Wisconsin in May not true

By Laura Schulte

October 15, 2020

In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in…

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No, Wisconsin votes don’t have to be counted by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3

By Laura Schulte

September 30, 2020

“A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.”

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Trump misses the mark with claim that Green New Deal proposal wants to ban cows

By Laura Schulte

September 28, 2020

Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.”

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No, Joe Biden doesn’t want to ban fracking and kill the Wisconsin jobs the industry supports

By Laura Schulte

August 18, 2020

Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs

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No, Joe Biden isn’t ‘on board with defunding police’

By Laura Schulte

August 5, 2020

Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.”

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Did software cause Wisconsin’s unemployment backlogs? Not quite, but it did delay payments

By Laura Schulte

July 3, 2020

The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.

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Vos mostly right with claim that Wisconsin was last state to pay out federal unemployment benefits

By Laura Schulte

June 30, 2020

Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits.

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League of Conservation Voters ad oversimplifies Trump’s position on PFAS clean up in Wisconsin

By Laura Schulte

June 12, 2020

Says Donald Trump has opposed plans to clean up “Toxic chemicals that cause cancer (that) are in the water …. (and) put Wisconsin at risk.”

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Tiffany wrong on claim that officials don’t want Wisconsinites to go to doctors, spend time outdoors

By Laura Schulte

May 28, 2020

Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”

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Lawmaker correct that gun access is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote in America

By Laura Schulte

May 22, 2020

“Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”

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No, homeless people are not immune from catching COVID-19.

By Laura Schulte

May 1, 2020

Homeless people are immune to COVID-19

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