Scott Walker’s immigration stance after New Hampshire appearance: Decoder ring needed
Gov. Scott Walker took pains to clarify his position on illegal immigration amid allegations of flip-flopping, but questions remain.
Gov. Scott Walker took pains to clarify his position on illegal immigration amid allegations of flip-flopping, but questions remain.
Readers liked fact-checks on religious freedom laws, sports stadiums, Scott Walker and Ted Cruz.
• PunditFact: Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, annotated
• Scott Walker's immigration stance after New Hampshire appearance: Decoder ring needed
Favorites from last month include items examining Walker claims on his college record and UW tuition.
We have fact-checked claims about school tests, Medicaid expansion, online voter registration and a statistical claim about attacks by alligators vs. gun permit holders.
We're annotating Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
As negotiations approach an interim deadline, we look back at claims about a Senate letter and whether Iran has been keeping to its agreements.
• PunditFact: Fact-checking the March 29 news shows
• PolitiFact Wisconsin: Is Scott Walker shifting views for 2016?
The legalization of a cannabis oil for certain medical conditions in Georgia is just a governor's signature away from reality.
The two-year battle for medical marijuana has lent itself to several claims and counterclaims that PolitiFact Georgia checked as the debate wound its way under the Gold Dome.
At least five times Sunday , ABC This Week host George Stephanopoulos asked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence a variant on a simple question about Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act: "If a florist in Indiana refuses to serve a gay couple at their wedding, is that legal now in Indiana?" And at least five times, Pence would not answer.
At least five times Sunday , ABC This Week host George Stephanopoulos asked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence a variant on a simple question about Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act: "If a florist in Indiana refuses to serve a gay couple at their wedding, is that legal now in Indiana?" And at least five times, Pence would not answer.
Fact checks of Ted Cruz spiked as he declared his candidacy for president.
We ended the week by lighting afire a Facebook meme critical of Cruz and rolling in Obama.
Every Friday, PunditFact gives you the first look at guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.
Scott Walker and Greg Abbott, both visiting the Texas-Mexico border, have something else in common.
Truth-O-Meter records!
Walker, governor of his state longer than Abbott has led Texas, has been checked more often, though.