Latest False Fact-checks in Wisconsin 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.” 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.” 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.” 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.” 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 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. 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." 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.” 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.” 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.” Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII Mark Born stated on March 21, 2021 in a TV appearance: “Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion. Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.” Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall: "If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.” Dan O'Donnell stated on February 3, 2021 in in a commentary: November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.” Jim Steineke stated on January 26, 2021 in a tweet: Assembly Republicans “have come to the table” and were part of “give and take” compromise on a coronavirus bill. Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad." Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.” Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Facebook posts stated on December 2, 2020 in Facebook posts: The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally. Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.” Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2020 in Interview: “We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.”
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.” 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.” 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.” 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.” 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 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. 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." 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.” 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.” 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.” Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII Mark Born stated on March 21, 2021 in a TV appearance: “Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion. Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.” Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall: "If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.” Dan O'Donnell stated on February 3, 2021 in in a commentary: November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.” Jim Steineke stated on January 26, 2021 in a tweet: Assembly Republicans “have come to the table” and were part of “give and take” compromise on a coronavirus bill. Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad." Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.” Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Facebook posts stated on December 2, 2020 in Facebook posts: The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally. Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.” Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2020 in Interview: “We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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 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.
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."
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.”
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.”
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.”
Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII
Mark Born stated on March 21, 2021 in a TV appearance: “Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.”
Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water
Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall: "If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
Dan O'Donnell stated on February 3, 2021 in in a commentary: November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.”
Jim Steineke stated on January 26, 2021 in a tweet: Assembly Republicans “have come to the table” and were part of “give and take” compromise on a coronavirus bill.
Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."
Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police.
Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.”
Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
Facebook posts stated on December 2, 2020 in Facebook posts: The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally.
Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.”
Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2020 in Interview: “We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.”