Latest Fact Checks By D.L. Davis

Wisconsin marijuana revenue projections valid, but overly optimistic

By D.L. Davis

May 12, 2021

“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”

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Wisconsin schools leader on the mark with claim that masks are factor in mitigating COVID spread

By D.L. Davis

April 23, 2021

For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."

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Yes, Evers’ budget increases Wisconsin taxes by more than $1 billion

By D.L. Davis

April 6, 2021

Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"

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Wisconsin is one of three states, not nine, where 17-year-olds are adults in justice system

By D.L. Davis

March 16, 2021

"Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."

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Sen. Ron Johnson overreaches with asylum-seeker claim

By D.L. Davis

March 1, 2021

“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”

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Wisconsin panel did back vaccinations for prisoners, but not necessarily before grandma

By D.L. Davis

February 11, 2021

"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year…

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No, Democrats are not eliminating the right of Americans to call parents mom and dad

By D.L. Davis

January 25, 2021

A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."

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Recount finds Trump did not win Wisconsin, despite his victory claim

By D.L. Davis

December 9, 2020

“Actually, I won Wisconsin.”

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Yes, GOP did oppose $40 million for lead pipe replacement because it helped Milwaukee too much

By D.L. Davis

December 4, 2020

"In 2019, Republicans stripped $40 million from the budget for lead pipe replacement - because they thought it helped MKE too much."

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Wisconsin Democrats jump the gun with claim that absentee ballot rejections are down

By D.L. Davis

November 13, 2020

"Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.

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No, it’s not true that all charges have been dropped against Kyle Rittenhouse

By D.L. Davis

October 15, 2020

“BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.”

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GOP claim that Dems omitted ‘under God’ from pledge at DNC misleads

By D.L. Davis

September 28, 2020

"At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed."

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