23 People 26028 Fact-checks 8359 Articles People (23) Tony Evers Kirsten Powers Bill Powers Climate Power Power to the Patients More Perfect Union Americans for Safe Access Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . Texans for Reliable Power Texas Federation of Republican Women American Federation for Children Federal Transit Administration Florida Wildlife Federation National Federation of the Blind Ohio Federation of Teachers Election Integrity Project California Friends of Voter Owned Elections Jersey Central Power & Light National Federation of Independent Business-Wisconsin Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials Fact-checks (26028) Liz Cheney stated on October 28, 2022 in an ad: Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it." By Tom Kertscher• November 1, 2022 Viral image stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: “COVID ends next Wednesday.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2020 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in a video: A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election. By Madison Czopek• November 10, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in an Instagram post: Brazil’s presidential election was “stolen.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 4, 2022 Lisa Grafstein stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer: Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education. By Paul Specht• October 25, 2024 Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.” By Laura Schulte• February 2, 2021 Tony Evers stated on August 16, 2018 in a speech: Wisconsin is "49th out of 50 states in infrastructure." By Tom Kertscher• August 30, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.” By Jeff Cercone• January 26, 2022 Mark Finchem stated on October 09, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2022 Roger Roth stated on December 16, 2018 in an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV: In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general." By Eric Litke• January 11, 2019 Viral image stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Homeland Security is having a cybersecurity drill on the same day as the election.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 6, 2024 New York Citizens Audit stated on August 25, 2023 in a report: A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.” By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 29, 2023 Tucker Carlson stated on January 09, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• January 12, 2023 Jim Marchant stated on October 08, 2022 in a rally: “President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.” By Amy Sherman• October 10, 2022 Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 25, 2013 Scott Walker stated on January 01, 2023 in Twitter: “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.” By Madeline Heim• January 13, 2023 Alberta Darling stated on December 05, 2018 in a news release: "Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions." By Tom Kertscher• December 18, 2018 Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC: "We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2013 Facebook posts stated on December 02, 2014 in a meme: "The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes." By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2014 Tony Evers stated on December 09, 2018 in an interview: "At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously." By Tom Kertscher• December 13, 2018 Articles (8359) How could U.S. voting be affected if election deniers win? By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• September 21, 2022 PolitiFact answers reader questions about the midterms By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• October 19, 2022 Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020 By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• August 3, 2022 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 2, 2022 Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races By Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 How ‘stop the steal’ Republicans seeking office hope to restrict voting By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 7, 2022 PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for August 2022 By D.L. Davis, Laura Schulte, Kelly Smits• September 2, 2022 House Democrats and HR 1: Voting rights expansion or federal power grab? By Amy Sherman• February 8, 2019 Impeachment articles against Wisconsin elections official riddled with false and misleading claims By Tyler Katzenberger• October 5, 2023 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2014 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Attacks and claims about climate change heat up the Truth-O-Meter By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Political Extremism in the Public Square: A resource for journalists and voters By Amy Sherman• June 9, 2022 What we know from the Truth-O-Meter about Gov.-elect Tony Evers By Tom Kertscher• January 4, 2019 The Stump Speech Analyzer: Michael Bloomberg By Miriam Valverde• February 14, 2020 U.S. presidents can’t cancel or postpone federal elections By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 7, 2024 Can the Jan. 6 committee get to the truth about the attack — and get Americans to believe it? By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2021 The battleground states where Republicans want to overhaul voting laws By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2022 Once the new over-the-counter birth control pill is available, what about cost and coverage? By Michelle Andrews• July 20, 2023 What’s in the Senate Democrats’ new voting rights bill? By Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021
Tony Evers Kirsten Powers Bill Powers Climate Power Power to the Patients More Perfect Union Americans for Safe Access Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . Texans for Reliable Power Texas Federation of Republican Women American Federation for Children Federal Transit Administration Florida Wildlife Federation National Federation of the Blind Ohio Federation of Teachers Election Integrity Project California Friends of Voter Owned Elections Jersey Central Power & Light National Federation of Independent Business-Wisconsin Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
Liz Cheney stated on October 28, 2022 in an ad: Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it." By Tom Kertscher• November 1, 2022 Viral image stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: “COVID ends next Wednesday.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2020 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in a video: A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election. By Madison Czopek• November 10, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in an Instagram post: Brazil’s presidential election was “stolen.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 4, 2022 Lisa Grafstein stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer: Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education. By Paul Specht• October 25, 2024 Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.” By Laura Schulte• February 2, 2021 Tony Evers stated on August 16, 2018 in a speech: Wisconsin is "49th out of 50 states in infrastructure." By Tom Kertscher• August 30, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.” By Jeff Cercone• January 26, 2022 Mark Finchem stated on October 09, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2022 Roger Roth stated on December 16, 2018 in an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV: In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general." By Eric Litke• January 11, 2019 Viral image stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Homeland Security is having a cybersecurity drill on the same day as the election.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 6, 2024 New York Citizens Audit stated on August 25, 2023 in a report: A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.” By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 29, 2023 Tucker Carlson stated on January 09, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• January 12, 2023 Jim Marchant stated on October 08, 2022 in a rally: “President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.” By Amy Sherman• October 10, 2022 Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 25, 2013 Scott Walker stated on January 01, 2023 in Twitter: “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.” By Madeline Heim• January 13, 2023 Alberta Darling stated on December 05, 2018 in a news release: "Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions." By Tom Kertscher• December 18, 2018 Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC: "We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2013 Facebook posts stated on December 02, 2014 in a meme: "The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes." By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2014 Tony Evers stated on December 09, 2018 in an interview: "At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously." By Tom Kertscher• December 13, 2018
How could U.S. voting be affected if election deniers win? By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• September 21, 2022 PolitiFact answers reader questions about the midterms By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• October 19, 2022 Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020 By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• August 3, 2022 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 2, 2022 Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races By Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 How ‘stop the steal’ Republicans seeking office hope to restrict voting By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 7, 2022 PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for August 2022 By D.L. Davis, Laura Schulte, Kelly Smits• September 2, 2022 House Democrats and HR 1: Voting rights expansion or federal power grab? By Amy Sherman• February 8, 2019 Impeachment articles against Wisconsin elections official riddled with false and misleading claims By Tyler Katzenberger• October 5, 2023 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2014 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Attacks and claims about climate change heat up the Truth-O-Meter By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Political Extremism in the Public Square: A resource for journalists and voters By Amy Sherman• June 9, 2022 What we know from the Truth-O-Meter about Gov.-elect Tony Evers By Tom Kertscher• January 4, 2019 The Stump Speech Analyzer: Michael Bloomberg By Miriam Valverde• February 14, 2020 U.S. presidents can’t cancel or postpone federal elections By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 7, 2024 Can the Jan. 6 committee get to the truth about the attack — and get Americans to believe it? By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2021 The battleground states where Republicans want to overhaul voting laws By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2022 Once the new over-the-counter birth control pill is available, what about cost and coverage? By Michelle Andrews• July 20, 2023 What’s in the Senate Democrats’ new voting rights bill? By Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021
