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Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on March 4, 2024 in Campaign website:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “was one of the staunchest supporters of the Iran deal which sent billions of dollars and plane loads of cash to Iran.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 8, 2024
Voto Latino .
Voto Latino .
stated on February 29, 2024 in Social media ads:
"There are less than two weeks until the deadline to register to vote in Wisconsin."
Mostly False
By Hope Karnopp • March 5, 2024
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on February 22, 2024 in at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference:
The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • March 1, 2024
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“One of my responsibilities as Secretary of State is to countersign acts passed by the legislature & signed into law by Gov. Evers.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 1, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 12, 2024 in a speech to county officials:
The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act “attracted $640 billion in private companies’ investments.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2024 in a rally:
“The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 23, 2024
Heartland Signal
Heartland Signal
stated on February 20, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • February 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:
Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2024 in A Facebook post:
"NYC to give ILLEGALS $53 Million in Prepaid Credit Cards."
Mostly False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 9, 2024
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 7, 2024 in TV interview:
“The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • February 9, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2024 in an appearance on Dan Bongino's show:
In Oklahoma, "I won 77 out of 77 counties. Ronald Reagan is second with 56."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.:
Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 19, 2024
Opportunity Wisconsin
Opportunity Wisconsin
stated on January 10, 2024 in TV ad:
“Bryan Steil is part of a group that wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, that would be devastating.”
Mostly False
By Hope Karnopp • January 19, 2024
Dave Murphy
Dave Murphy
stated on November 7, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:
"Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.”
Mostly False
By Ricardo Torres • January 17, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:
In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.”
Mostly False
January 12, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 5, 2024 in an Iowa PBS interview:
“We’ve had 8 million” immigrants come to the U.S. illegally under Biden “and they only sent back 142,000.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 11, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 10, 2024 in a debate:
“Biden’s let in 8 million people just in four years.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 11, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on December 15, 2023 in a TikTok:
“Almost a million people, mostly Democrats, have been kicked off the voter roll here in Florida” because of efforts to place a proposed amendment on abortion access on the state’s 2024 ballot.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 5, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H.:
“Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2024
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post:
Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
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