Latest Fact-checks by Laura Schulte Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in Facebook post: An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally. Chris Kapenga stated on October 11, 2020 in TV interview: In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases." Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in Facebook post: “A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.” Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech: Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.” Wisconsin Trump Victory stated on August 12, 2020 in an email: Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.” Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog. Robin Vos stated on June 9, 2020 in Facebook post: Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits. League of Conservation Voters stated on May 18, 2020 in TV ad: Says Donald Trump has opposed plans to clean up “Toxic chemicals that cause cancer (that) are in the water …. (and) put Wisconsin at risk.” Tom Tiffany stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.” Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2020 in Facebook post: Homeless people are immune to COVID-19 Tom Tiffany stated on December 12, 2019 in a debate: Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.
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Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in Facebook post: An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally. Chris Kapenga stated on October 11, 2020 in TV interview: In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases." Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in Facebook post: “A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.” Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech: Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.” Wisconsin Trump Victory stated on August 12, 2020 in an email: Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.” Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog. Robin Vos stated on June 9, 2020 in Facebook post: Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits. League of Conservation Voters stated on May 18, 2020 in TV ad: Says Donald Trump has opposed plans to clean up “Toxic chemicals that cause cancer (that) are in the water …. (and) put Wisconsin at risk.” Tom Tiffany stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.” Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2020 in Facebook post: Homeless people are immune to COVID-19 Tom Tiffany stated on December 12, 2019 in a debate: Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.
Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in Facebook post: An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally.
Chris Kapenga stated on October 11, 2020 in TV interview: In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases."
Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in Facebook post: “A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.”
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech: Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.”
Wisconsin Trump Victory stated on August 12, 2020 in an email: Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs
Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.”
Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.
Robin Vos stated on June 9, 2020 in Facebook post: Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits.
League of Conservation Voters stated on May 18, 2020 in TV ad: Says Donald Trump has opposed plans to clean up “Toxic chemicals that cause cancer (that) are in the water …. (and) put Wisconsin at risk.”
Tom Tiffany stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”
Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”
Tom Tiffany stated on December 12, 2019 in a debate: Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.
