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 Sidney Powell stated on November 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: “At least 450,000 ballots in the key states ... miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate." Donald Trump stated on November 18, 2020 in a tweet: "A day AFTER the election, Biden receives a dump of 143,379 votes at 3:42AM (in Wisconsin), when they learned he was losing badly. This is unbelievable!" Ron Johnson stated on November 10, 2020 in interviews: On the need for a smooth transition for the president-elect Scott Fitzgerald stated on November 8, 2020 in a TV interview: The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts. Tammy Baldwin stated on November 15, 2020 in a TV interview: "We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.” Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Milwaukee Elections Chief Lost Elections Flash Drive in Morning Hours of November 4th When Democrats Miraculously Found 120,000 Votes for Joe Biden.” Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election. Eric Trump stated on November 9, 2020 in a tweet: “System 'Glitch' ... In Wisconsin - Reversal of Swapped Votes Removes Lead from Joe Biden.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin voter turnout jumped from 67% in 2016 to 89% in 2020. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.” Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Asks, “How is this possible?” with a chart showing that 104.41% of registered voters in North Carolina and 103.56% of registered voters in Wisconsin cast votes. Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin found 112k votes at 3am.” X posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.” Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in a TV interview: “People are less likely to just vote for party now. … They’re looking at the personalities.” Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in an interview: My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat 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. Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in Speech: U.S. is “really not doing (COVID-19) reporting right” because deaths are being improperly counted and hospitals have an “incentive” to pad stats. Ron Johnson stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation: "Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.” Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2020 in an interview: Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic." 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." Mike Pence stated on October 11, 2020 in a news release: Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs." Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in Facebook post: “BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.” 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." Van Wanggaard stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview: No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2020 in Speech: “All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic. Glenn Grothman stated on October 4, 2020 in Newsletter: Says the U.S. House’s COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, “strips states of their right to administer elections.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate: Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.
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Sidney Powell stated on November 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: “At least 450,000 ballots in the key states ... miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate." Donald Trump stated on November 18, 2020 in a tweet: "A day AFTER the election, Biden receives a dump of 143,379 votes at 3:42AM (in Wisconsin), when they learned he was losing badly. This is unbelievable!" Ron Johnson stated on November 10, 2020 in interviews: On the need for a smooth transition for the president-elect Scott Fitzgerald stated on November 8, 2020 in a TV interview: The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts. Tammy Baldwin stated on November 15, 2020 in a TV interview: "We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.” Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Milwaukee Elections Chief Lost Elections Flash Drive in Morning Hours of November 4th When Democrats Miraculously Found 120,000 Votes for Joe Biden.” Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election. Eric Trump stated on November 9, 2020 in a tweet: “System 'Glitch' ... In Wisconsin - Reversal of Swapped Votes Removes Lead from Joe Biden.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin voter turnout jumped from 67% in 2016 to 89% in 2020. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.” Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Asks, “How is this possible?” with a chart showing that 104.41% of registered voters in North Carolina and 103.56% of registered voters in Wisconsin cast votes. Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin found 112k votes at 3am.” X posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.” Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in a TV interview: “People are less likely to just vote for party now. … They’re looking at the personalities.” Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in an interview: My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat 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. Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in Speech: U.S. is “really not doing (COVID-19) reporting right” because deaths are being improperly counted and hospitals have an “incentive” to pad stats. Ron Johnson stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation: "Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.” Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2020 in an interview: Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic." 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." Mike Pence stated on October 11, 2020 in a news release: Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs." Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in Facebook post: “BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.” 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." Van Wanggaard stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview: No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2020 in Speech: “All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic. Glenn Grothman stated on October 4, 2020 in Newsletter: Says the U.S. House’s COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, “strips states of their right to administer elections.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate: Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.
Sidney Powell stated on November 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: “At least 450,000 ballots in the key states ... miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate."
Donald Trump stated on November 18, 2020 in a tweet: "A day AFTER the election, Biden receives a dump of 143,379 votes at 3:42AM (in Wisconsin), when they learned he was losing badly. This is unbelievable!"
Ron Johnson stated on November 10, 2020 in interviews: On the need for a smooth transition for the president-elect
Scott Fitzgerald stated on November 8, 2020 in a TV interview: The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.
Tammy Baldwin stated on November 15, 2020 in a TV interview: "We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.”
Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Milwaukee Elections Chief Lost Elections Flash Drive in Morning Hours of November 4th When Democrats Miraculously Found 120,000 Votes for Joe Biden.”
Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.
Eric Trump stated on November 9, 2020 in a tweet: “System 'Glitch' ... In Wisconsin - Reversal of Swapped Votes Removes Lead from Joe Biden.”
Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.”
Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin voter turnout jumped from 67% in 2016 to 89% in 2020.
Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.”
Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Asks, “How is this possible?” with a chart showing that 104.41% of registered voters in North Carolina and 103.56% of registered voters in Wisconsin cast votes.
Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.”
Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud.
X posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.”
Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in a TV interview: “People are less likely to just vote for party now. … They’re looking at the personalities.”
Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in an interview: My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat
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.
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in Speech: U.S. is “really not doing (COVID-19) reporting right” because deaths are being improperly counted and hospitals have an “incentive” to pad stats.
Ron Johnson stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation: "Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2020 in an interview: Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic."
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."
Mike Pence stated on October 11, 2020 in a news release: Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in Facebook post: “BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.”
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."
Van Wanggaard stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview: No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2020 in Speech: “All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.
Glenn Grothman stated on October 4, 2020 in Newsletter: Says the U.S. House’s COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, “strips states of their right to administer elections.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate: Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.
