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 February 2, 2022 in Twitter: Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.” Cavalier Johnson stated on January 6, 2022 in TV ad: Says he led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make the City of Milwaukee safer. Shelia Stubbs stated on February 2, 2022 in Public statement: "48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.” Tony Evers stated on January 13, 2022 in News release: Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.” Kevin Nicholson stated on January 28, 2022 in Twitter: "The use of ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting is illegal.” Cavalier Johnson stated on December 21, 2021 in News release: “In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.” Tammy Baldwin stated on January 19, 2022 in Senate: On eliminating the filibuster. Ron Johnson stated on January 26, 2022 in Radio interview: “All these athletes are dropping dead on the field” after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on December 21, 2021 in Twitter: "Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development." Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video: “The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.” Ron Johnson stated on January 9, 2022 in Public statement: On not seeking a third term. Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” Derrick Van Orden stated on December 7, 2021 in Twitter: Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan." Jon Erpenbach stated on December 12, 2021 in TV interview: The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.” Glenn Grothman stated on November 30, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.” Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.” Ron Johnson stated on December 8, 2021 in Radio interview: Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps." Tammy Baldwin stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion: “Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin. Jerrold Nadler stated on November 19, 2021 in Twitter: Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020. Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.” Janet Bewley stated on November 5, 2021 in News release: “Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.” Meagan Wolfe stated on November 5, 2021 in TV interview: "Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside. Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.” Viral image stated on November 13, 2021 in a viral image: Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha. Bryan Steil stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter: Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.” 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." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on October 23, 2021 in Campaign email: The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.” Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."
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Wisconsin Senate Republicans stated on February 2, 2022 in Twitter: Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.” Cavalier Johnson stated on January 6, 2022 in TV ad: Says he led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make the City of Milwaukee safer. Shelia Stubbs stated on February 2, 2022 in Public statement: "48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.” Tony Evers stated on January 13, 2022 in News release: Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.” Kevin Nicholson stated on January 28, 2022 in Twitter: "The use of ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting is illegal.” Cavalier Johnson stated on December 21, 2021 in News release: “In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.” Tammy Baldwin stated on January 19, 2022 in Senate: On eliminating the filibuster. Ron Johnson stated on January 26, 2022 in Radio interview: “All these athletes are dropping dead on the field” after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on December 21, 2021 in Twitter: "Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development." Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video: “The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.” Ron Johnson stated on January 9, 2022 in Public statement: On not seeking a third term. Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” Derrick Van Orden stated on December 7, 2021 in Twitter: Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan." Jon Erpenbach stated on December 12, 2021 in TV interview: The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.” Glenn Grothman stated on November 30, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.” Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.” Ron Johnson stated on December 8, 2021 in Radio interview: Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps." Tammy Baldwin stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion: “Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin. Jerrold Nadler stated on November 19, 2021 in Twitter: Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020. Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.” Janet Bewley stated on November 5, 2021 in News release: “Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.” Meagan Wolfe stated on November 5, 2021 in TV interview: "Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside. Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.” Viral image stated on November 13, 2021 in a viral image: Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha. Bryan Steil stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter: Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.” 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." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on October 23, 2021 in Campaign email: The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.” Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."
Wisconsin Senate Republicans stated on February 2, 2022 in Twitter: Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
Cavalier Johnson stated on January 6, 2022 in TV ad: Says he led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make the City of Milwaukee safer.
Shelia Stubbs stated on February 2, 2022 in Public statement: "48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
Tony Evers stated on January 13, 2022 in News release: Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
Kevin Nicholson stated on January 28, 2022 in Twitter: "The use of ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting is illegal.”
Cavalier Johnson stated on December 21, 2021 in News release: “In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
Ron Johnson stated on January 26, 2022 in Radio interview: “All these athletes are dropping dead on the field” after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination.
Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.”
Scott Fitzgerald stated on December 21, 2021 in Twitter: "Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development."
Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video: “The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.”
Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
Derrick Van Orden stated on December 7, 2021 in Twitter: Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."
Jon Erpenbach stated on December 12, 2021 in TV interview: The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
Glenn Grothman stated on November 30, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.”
Ron Johnson stated on December 8, 2021 in Radio interview: Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps."
Tammy Baldwin stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion: “Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.
Jerrold Nadler stated on November 19, 2021 in Twitter: Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.
Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.”
Janet Bewley stated on November 5, 2021 in News release: “Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
Meagan Wolfe stated on November 5, 2021 in TV interview: "Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.
Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.”
Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
Viral image stated on November 13, 2021 in a viral image: Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.
Bryan Steil stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter: Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
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."
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on October 23, 2021 in Campaign email: The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.”
Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."
