Latest Fact-checks in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin Senate Republicans stated on October 26, 2021 in Twitter: “States run elections, not the federal government.” Kelda Helen Roys stated on September 28, 2021 in Email: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” Tom Tiffany stated on August 8, 2021 in Twitter: “The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.” Ben Wikler stated on September 23, 2021 in Twitter: Says Rebecca Kleefisch played a key role in the Foxconn deal, “the largest attempted government handout to a foreign company in American history." Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on September 13, 2021 in Instagram: “The Walker-Kleefisch administration slashed $800 million from public schools." Bryan Steil stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS." Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.” Patrick Testin stated on August 29, 2021 in TV interview: "The vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all." Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview: “We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.” Tony Evers stated on September 22, 2021 in Public statement: On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses. Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents. Chris Larson stated on September 10, 2021 in Twitter: The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers. Alberta Darling stated on August 25, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.” 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.” Melissa Agard stated on September 2, 2021 in News release: "No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close." Eric Toney stated on September 9, 2021 in News release: Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.” Empower Wisconsin stated on August 17, 2021 in TV ad: Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.” Eric Toney stated on August 22, 2021 in TV interview: "I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases." Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter: In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” Donald Trump stated on August 12, 2021 in Email statement: “A Milwaukee election employee even acknowledged dropping off just the margin of ballots needed for a Biden win at 3 a.m.” Craig Thompson stated on July 5, 2021 in TV interview: "We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.” Rachel Campos-Duffy stated on August 7, 2021 in Twitter: Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism. Gwen Moore stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.” Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business. Jill Karofsky stated on July 8, 2021 in Legal opinion: “A farm with 2,500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people.” Jon Erpenbach stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” Donald Trump stated on June 26, 2021 in Statement: “In 2020 we won (Wisconsin).”
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Wisconsin Senate Republicans stated on October 26, 2021 in Twitter: “States run elections, not the federal government.” Kelda Helen Roys stated on September 28, 2021 in Email: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.” Tom Tiffany stated on August 8, 2021 in Twitter: “The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.” Ben Wikler stated on September 23, 2021 in Twitter: Says Rebecca Kleefisch played a key role in the Foxconn deal, “the largest attempted government handout to a foreign company in American history." Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on September 13, 2021 in Instagram: “The Walker-Kleefisch administration slashed $800 million from public schools." Bryan Steil stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS." Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.” Patrick Testin stated on August 29, 2021 in TV interview: "The vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all." Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview: “We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.” Tony Evers stated on September 22, 2021 in Public statement: On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses. Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents. Chris Larson stated on September 10, 2021 in Twitter: The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers. Alberta Darling stated on August 25, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.” 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.” Melissa Agard stated on September 2, 2021 in News release: "No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close." Eric Toney stated on September 9, 2021 in News release: Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.” Empower Wisconsin stated on August 17, 2021 in TV ad: Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.” Eric Toney stated on August 22, 2021 in TV interview: "I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases." Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter: In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” Donald Trump stated on August 12, 2021 in Email statement: “A Milwaukee election employee even acknowledged dropping off just the margin of ballots needed for a Biden win at 3 a.m.” Craig Thompson stated on July 5, 2021 in TV interview: "We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.” Rachel Campos-Duffy stated on August 7, 2021 in Twitter: Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism. Gwen Moore stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.” Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business. Jill Karofsky stated on July 8, 2021 in Legal opinion: “A farm with 2,500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people.” Jon Erpenbach stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” Donald Trump stated on June 26, 2021 in Statement: “In 2020 we won (Wisconsin).”
Wisconsin Senate Republicans stated on October 26, 2021 in Twitter: “States run elections, not the federal government.”
Kelda Helen Roys stated on September 28, 2021 in Email: Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”
Tom Tiffany stated on August 8, 2021 in Twitter: “The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.”
Ben Wikler stated on September 23, 2021 in Twitter: Says Rebecca Kleefisch played a key role in the Foxconn deal, “the largest attempted government handout to a foreign company in American history."
Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on September 13, 2021 in Instagram: “The Walker-Kleefisch administration slashed $800 million from public schools."
Bryan Steil stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS."
Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”
Patrick Testin stated on August 29, 2021 in TV interview: "The vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all."
Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview: “We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.”
Tony Evers stated on September 22, 2021 in Public statement: On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses.
Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents.
Chris Larson stated on September 10, 2021 in Twitter: The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers.
Alberta Darling stated on August 25, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”
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.”
Melissa Agard stated on September 2, 2021 in News release: "No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
Eric Toney stated on September 9, 2021 in News release: Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”
Empower Wisconsin stated on August 17, 2021 in TV ad: Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.”
Eric Toney stated on August 22, 2021 in TV interview: "I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."
Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.
Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter: In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
Donald Trump stated on August 12, 2021 in Email statement: “A Milwaukee election employee even acknowledged dropping off just the margin of ballots needed for a Biden win at 3 a.m.”
Craig Thompson stated on July 5, 2021 in TV interview: "We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.”
Rachel Campos-Duffy stated on August 7, 2021 in Twitter: Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.
Gwen Moore stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business.
Jill Karofsky stated on July 8, 2021 in Legal opinion: “A farm with 2,500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people.”
