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Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is a Democratic member of Congress, representing Wisconsin's 4th District, which primarily includes Milwaukee. Moore, who served in the state Legislature from 1989 to 2004, was elected to Congress in 2004.

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Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 23, 2023 in Public appearance:
Thanks to negotiating drug prices "our seniors, instead of paying $500 a month for drugs, are paying no more than 35 cents."
False
By Ricardo Torres • October 9, 2023
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview:
“If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 11, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 3, 2021 in Twitter:
“President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter:
“324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
True
By Madeline Heim • August 13, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 20, 2020 in a virtual rally:
You can vote in Wisconsin with a photo ID "even if that ID is expired or you've moved."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • October 21, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter:
In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 12, 2020 in a TV interview:
Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis, Eric Litke • July 10, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on February 14, 2020 in a tweet:
Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • March 11, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet:
"Prescription drug companies are charging Americans prices that are on average 4x higher than what's charged in other countries."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • March 5, 2020
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
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 8, 2018 in a TV interview:
"We have lost over $1 billion in not taking the Medicaid expansion money, only to insure fewer people."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • November 20, 2018
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 29, 2017 in a House floor speech:
The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 in a speech:
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview:
"There are so many data that demonstrate that poor people, surprisingly, are less likely to use drugs than people with means."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 4, 2017 in a news release:
"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 9, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 18, 2016 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 15, 2016 in an interview:
Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 23, 2016 in a tweet:
"If you're a terrorist you can't fly," but "an assault weapon you can buy."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing:
Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on March 16, 2016 in a tweet:
"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016
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Latest Fact-Checks About Gwen Moore

Dan Sebring
Dan Sebring
stated on October 1, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore ‘is Wisconsin’s most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.’
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2012
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