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Madeline Heim is a health and science reporter for USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin based in Appleton. She is a contributor to Politifact Wisconsin.

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Robin Vos
stated on November 6, 2024 in News conference:

“Every single county in America, every single county, Kamala Harris did worse than Joe Biden did.”

By Madeline Heim • November 14, 2024
Climate Power
stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email:

Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”

By Madeline Heim • October 30, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 7, 2024 in Campaign ad:

Says opponent Eric Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%.”

By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2024
Eric Hovde
stated on September 16, 2024 in Radio interview:

Says opponent Sen. Tammy Baldwin “gave our taxpayer money to a transgender-affirming clinic … that does it without even telling parents."

By Madeline Heim • October 3, 2024
Wisco Project
stated on September 16, 2024 in Social media ads:

“If you make less than $100,000, Trump is about to raise your taxes. Currently, you’re taxed at 10% and then 12%. He would raise that to a flat rate of 15%.”

By Madeline Heim • September 20, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech:

After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”

By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
Jon Stewart
stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance:

Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”

By Madeline Heim • July 17, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”

By Madeline Heim • May 17, 2024
Amanda Nedweski
stated on January 22, 2024 in Wisconsin Assembly:

"We have technology and medical advancements today that can tell you if you are pregnant the day after conception."

By Madeline Heim • March 8, 2024
Heartland Signal
stated on February 20, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there."

By Madeline Heim • February 22, 2024