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Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

False

Few lacked insurance because of condition

"When the Affordable Care Act was signed, 17 million American children" had a pre-existing condition and were "uninsurable."

Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

Mostly False

She also backed stopping the tax increase

Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin supports a "tax increase that President Obama says" would cost middle-class families $3,000 per year.  

Reince Priebus

Reince Priebus

Mostly True

True, but GOP blocked key bill

Says President Barack Obama promised a "pathway to citizenship" to undocumented immigrants and "didn't deliver jack squat on any of it."

Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Half-True

Protester who posted was homegrown

Says his sons were "targeted" on Facebook "by out-of-state protesters."

Glenn Grothman

Glenn Grothman

True

Accurately quotes federal study

Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused."

Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore

True

The approach the group uses inflates the number by including suicides, but even when taken out Moore is on target

In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."

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