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'Cheesy ad' makes its gouda point

Baldwin

Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, June 7th, 2018

Half-True

2017 recall, not 2018

Bloggers

"ALERT: Massive Easter Egg Recall Leaves MILLIONS Of Children In Danger- THROW THEM AWAY- They WILL Kill Your Kids."

— PunditFact on Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

False

Businesses 'consume' insurance, he says

Burns

Says he is "one of America's leading consumer lawyers."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, February 15th, 2018

Pants on Fire!

Fake News!

Bloggers

"New regulation requires motorcycle owners to install 75 MPH governor by January 2017"

— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

False

Based on watered-down facts

Daily Caller

"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."

— PolitiFact Global News Service on Friday, September 23rd, 2016