Latest Fact-checks in State Budget Terry McAuliffe stated on July 21, 2021 in a TV ad: “Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.” Jon Erpenbach stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” Terry McAuliffe stated on June 10, 2021 in a tweet.: “I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.” Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on April 7, 2021 in Twitter: Wisconsin’s 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor’s proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit. Wisconsin Assembly GOP stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter: “Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.” Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2021 in Twitter: A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.” Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +" Mike Bost stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview: The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent. Bill Cassidy stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": “New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Cuomo stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet: “No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.” Rick Scott stated on February 1, 2021 in a press release: States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois. Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade." Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: "THOUSANDS of fake votes found at Wisconsin Recount in Dane County." Caleb Rowden stated on September 22, 2020 in an online campaign ad: Says he “fully funded Missouri K-12 education for the first time in state history.” Illinois Rising Action stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad: “While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.” Scott Walker stated on June 5, 2020 in a tweet: There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Andy Biggs stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter: "States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV interview: Illinois “got into fiscal problems because of a Republican governor who was governor there” before Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Andrew Cuomo stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference: “At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.” Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers “wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business.” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.” Tony Evers stated on January 26, 2020 in a TV interview: On whether the state should use surplus funds for ongoing expenses. Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address: "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.” Facebook posts stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts: "California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13." Deb Butler stated on January 5, 2020 in a tweet: Says NC Senate leader "expressed disdain" for the NC House budget vote on Sept. 11. Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Florida is "the 45th in state education funding." Jim Justice stated on December 4, 2019 in a campaign ad: "Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators." Jim Justice stated on August 22, 2019 in a tweet: "Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads." Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention." Nicole Galloway stated on August 12, 2019 in her campaign announcement: Says her office "uncover(ed) $350 million in waste and fraud; it led to 40 criminal charges against both Republicans and Democrats."
Terry McAuliffe stated on July 21, 2021 in a TV ad: “Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.” Jon Erpenbach stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” Terry McAuliffe stated on June 10, 2021 in a tweet.: “I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.” Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on April 7, 2021 in Twitter: Wisconsin’s 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor’s proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit. Wisconsin Assembly GOP stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter: “Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.” Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2021 in Twitter: A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.” Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +" Mike Bost stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview: The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent. Bill Cassidy stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": “New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Cuomo stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet: “No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.” Rick Scott stated on February 1, 2021 in a press release: States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois. Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade." Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: "THOUSANDS of fake votes found at Wisconsin Recount in Dane County." Caleb Rowden stated on September 22, 2020 in an online campaign ad: Says he “fully funded Missouri K-12 education for the first time in state history.” Illinois Rising Action stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad: “While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.” Scott Walker stated on June 5, 2020 in a tweet: There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Andy Biggs stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter: "States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV interview: Illinois “got into fiscal problems because of a Republican governor who was governor there” before Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Andrew Cuomo stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference: “At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.” Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers “wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business.” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.” Tony Evers stated on January 26, 2020 in a TV interview: On whether the state should use surplus funds for ongoing expenses. Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address: "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.” Facebook posts stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts: "California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13." Deb Butler stated on January 5, 2020 in a tweet: Says NC Senate leader "expressed disdain" for the NC House budget vote on Sept. 11. Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Florida is "the 45th in state education funding." Jim Justice stated on December 4, 2019 in a campaign ad: "Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators." Jim Justice stated on August 22, 2019 in a tweet: "Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads." Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention." Nicole Galloway stated on August 12, 2019 in her campaign announcement: Says her office "uncover(ed) $350 million in waste and fraud; it led to 40 criminal charges against both Republicans and Democrats."
Terry McAuliffe stated on July 21, 2021 in a TV ad: “Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.”
Terry McAuliffe stated on June 10, 2021 in a tweet.: “I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.”
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on April 7, 2021 in Twitter: Wisconsin’s 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor’s proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit.
Wisconsin Assembly GOP stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter: “Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2021 in Twitter: A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”
Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
Mike Bost stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview: The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent.
Bill Cassidy stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": “New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Andrew Cuomo stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet: “No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.”
Rick Scott stated on February 1, 2021 in a press release: States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.
Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."
Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: "THOUSANDS of fake votes found at Wisconsin Recount in Dane County."
Caleb Rowden stated on September 22, 2020 in an online campaign ad: Says he “fully funded Missouri K-12 education for the first time in state history.”
Illinois Rising Action stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad: “While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.”
Scott Walker stated on June 5, 2020 in a tweet: There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Andy Biggs stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter: "States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV interview: Illinois “got into fiscal problems because of a Republican governor who was governor there” before Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference: “At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers “wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business.”
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Tony Evers stated on January 26, 2020 in a TV interview: On whether the state should use surplus funds for ongoing expenses.
Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address: "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”
Facebook posts stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts: "California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
Deb Butler stated on January 5, 2020 in a tweet: Says NC Senate leader "expressed disdain" for the NC House budget vote on Sept. 11.
Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Florida is "the 45th in state education funding."
Jim Justice stated on December 4, 2019 in a campaign ad: "Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators."
Jim Justice stated on August 22, 2019 in a tweet: "Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."
Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Nicole Galloway stated on August 12, 2019 in her campaign announcement: Says her office "uncover(ed) $350 million in waste and fraud; it led to 40 criminal charges against both Republicans and Democrats."
