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D.L. Davis is a member of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff, and a contributor to PolitiFact Wisconsin.

Featured Statements

Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2024 in TV debate:

Says opponent Eric Hovde “opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.”

By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2024
Eric Hovde
stated on October 18, 2024 in TV debate:

Ballot drop boxes 'were only used for a pandemic.'

By D.L. Davis • October 25, 2024
Eric Hovde
stated on September 5, 2024 in Campaign ad:

Says Democratic opponent Tammy Baldwin "gave stimulus checks to illegals."

By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2024
Robert Cowles
stated on July 12, 2024 in Radio address:

“The most recent State Budget increased funding for the Department of Tourism by 98 percent.”

By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on May 16, 2024 in News release:

"The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."

By D.L. Davis • July 13, 2024
Ron Johnson
stated on April 15, 2024 in Podcast:

"Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth.”

By D.L. Davis • May 17, 2024
Lisa Subeck
stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”

By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post:

“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”

By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
Robin Vos
stated on January 7, 2024 in TV interview:

“The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.”

By D.L. Davis • February 9, 2024
Cindi Duchow
stated on November 9, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:

"Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect."

By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2024