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D.L. Davis is a member of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff, and a contributor to PolitiFact Wisconsin.

Featured Statements

Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 8, 2022 in TV interview:

Due to U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade."

By D.L. Davis • May 11, 2022
Eric Toney
stated on April 14, 2022 in News release:

The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA."

By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2022
Melissa Agard
stated on April 11, 2022 in Twitter:

Cannabis reform "is supported by the majority of the residents of our state, including a majority of Republicans."

By D.L. Davis • April 29, 2022
Tony Kurtz
stated on April 7, 2022 in Twitter:

If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.

By D.L. Davis • April 19, 2022
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 16, 2022 in Twitter:

"The price of insulin has been jacked up by Big Drug Corporations.”

By D.L. Davis • April 8, 2022
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 7, 2022 in TV ad:

Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."

By D.L. Davis • April 1, 2022
Alex Lasry
stated on March 16, 2022 in Campaign ad:

Says Ron Johnson "is supporting the Republican plan that phases out Social Security and Medicare."

By D.L. Davis • March 18, 2022
Michael Gableman
stated on March 7, 2022 in TV interview:

Five Wisconsin cities received money for the 2020 election from Mark Zuckerberg, which amounted to "a wave of massive election bribery."

By D.L. Davis • March 15, 2022
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:

Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."

By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:

"The US has made strides in reducing carbon emissions that other parts of the world have not."

By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022