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Search results for "more election deniers having access to federal power than ever before"

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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harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”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

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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

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By Michelle Andrews• July 20, 2023

What’s in the Senate Democrats’ new voting rights bill?

By Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021