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Susan Crawford stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate:

"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."

By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2025

Charlie Crist stated on April 12, 2022 in an interview:

Says he has “always” believed “in a woman’s right to choose.”

By Yacob Reyes • April 22, 2022

Xavier Becerra stated on May 12, 2021 in testimony before a House subcommittee:

"There is no law that deals specifically with the term ‘partial-birth abortion.’”

By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2021

Tony Evers stated on April 14, 2021 in Twitter:

“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”

By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021

Matthew Rosendale stated on September 22, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says he "fights for everyone with a preexisting condition.”

By Alex Sakariassen • October 6, 2020

Kamala Harris stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert":

"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."

By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2019

Scott Neitzel stated on May 12, 2019 in a TV interview:

The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."

By D.L. Davis • May 22, 2019

Hillary Clinton stated on March 3, 2019 in a speech:

In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.

By D.L. Davis • March 6, 2019

Bloggers stated on October 29, 2018 in a Facebook post:

The U.S. Geological Survey increased Yellowstone volcano eruption threat level to "high"

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2018

Tammy Baldwin stated on October 22, 2018 in a speech:

Under the Republican tax reform law, "83 percent of the benefits go to the top 1 percent of individuals and large multinational corporations."

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2018

Rahm Emanuel stated on June 28, 2018 in a television interview:

"Chicago is experiencing right now the highest employment since 1950."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 9, 2018

Scott Walker stated on April 17, 2018 in an online ad:

"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."

By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2018

Gwen Moore stated on May 4, 2017 in a news release:

"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."

By Tom Kertscher • May 9, 2017

Hillary Clinton stated on August 15, 2016 in a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa. :

Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."

By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016

Rick Scott stated on January 20, 2016 in a comment to a Tampa Bay Times reporter:

"We've cut taxes 50 times and look what has happened to our revenues. They've grown."

By Joshua Gillin • February 4, 2016

Dale Kooyenga stated on January 20, 2016 in a radio interview:

"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."

By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2016

Van Wanggaard stated on April 21, 2015 in a legislative floor debate:

"There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."

By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2015

John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did."

By Katie Sanders • March 1, 2015

Rush Limbaugh stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary:

"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."

By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015

Alberta Darling stated on September 8, 2014 in a news release:

"Wisconsin does not have a deficit. Thanks to Republican reforms, the 2014 budget will begin with a $443 million surplus."

By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2014

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Is it toxic? Why you should be wary of the internet’s ‘scary ingredient’ warnings

By Grace Abels • August 20, 2025

Tim Scott v. Vivek Ramaswamy at Sept. 27, 2023 debate

Ramaswamy’s GOP debate rivals tied his business to China, Hunter Biden. What’s behind the attacks?

By Madison Czopek • October 2, 2023

The state of the US economy under Joe Biden, in 15 charts

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2023

How healthy is the economy Joe Biden is inheriting?

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2021

Donald Trump declares public health emergency over opioid crisis. Here’s what that means

By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2017

Fact-checking John Boehner’s comments on ‘Face the Nation’

By Aaron Sharockman, Katie Sanders, Lauren Carroll • March 1, 2015

Fact-checking John Boehner on ‘Face the Nation’

By Aaron Sharockman, Katie Sanders, Lauren Carroll • March 1, 2015

Right to work: How past claims have fared on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher • December 4, 2014

Political attacks in governor’s race make Medicare claims confusing

By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2014

Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: Making sense of the political ads

By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2014

Campaign season is heating up, meaning the fact-checks are bound to start flying

By Dana Tims • April 4, 2014

In Context: Were Paul Ryan’s poverty comments a ‘thinly veiled racial attack’?

By Tom Kertscher • March 14, 2014

Introducing the Macker-Meter

By Warren Fiske • January 17, 2014

A $50 million question

By Tom Kertscher • January 9, 2014