Latest Fact-Checks By D.L. Davis

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Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 2, 2019 in a newspaper:
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it." 
True
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2019
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on July 26, 2019 in a tweet:
"More than half of death row prisoners are people of color." 
True
By D.L. Davis • October 1, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 24, 2019 in a tweet:
"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
True
By D.L. Davis • August 13, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum:
At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."  
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
True
By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019
Ray Cross
Ray Cross
stated on May 26, 2019 in a TV interview:
"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."
True
By D.L. Davis • June 14, 2019
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on May 21, 2019 in a tweet:
"We saw the prison population expand and vacancy rates for correctional officers go from 2.9% to 15.2%" over the last eight years.
True
By D.L. Davis • June 4, 2019
Scott Neitzel
Scott Neitzel
stated on May 12, 2019 in a TV interview:
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 22, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 12, 2019 in a radio interview:
"Tony Evers is cutting child support."  
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally:
"We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 30, 2019
LaTonya Johnson
LaTonya Johnson
stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet:
"Our road conditions cost WI families. In Milwaukee, the average cost per driver is $2,300."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 26, 2019
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on March 12, 2019 in a public forum:
"Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide."
True
By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2019
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet:
"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 7, 2019
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on March 14, 2019 in a community meeting:
Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did not want a juvenile facility in Milwaukee, "has never been to a juvenile facility," and "didn't want it to be done."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 2, 2019
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on February 24, 2019 in a TV interview:
''Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that in the city of Madison."
False
By D.L. Davis • March 19, 2019
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 3, 2019 in a speech:
In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect,  "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • March 6, 2019
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
stated on January 27, 2019 in an interview:
Among neighboring states, the condition of Wisconsin highways was rated "not only the worst, but it was worse by a gaping margin."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 3, 2019 in news reports:
On Evers' support for a $15 minimum wage
No Flip
By D.L. Davis • February 14, 2019
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 11, 2019 in a tweet:
"Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 8, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 in news release:
"Not a dollar would be paid out until jobs in the Foxconn development area were created."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 1, 2019
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