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Mica Soellner is a reporter for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin and a contributing writer for PolitiFact Wisconsin.

Featured Statements

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally:

Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child

By Mica Soellner • April 17, 2020
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"Prescription drug companies are charging Americans prices that are on average 4x higher than what's charged in other countries."

By Mica Soellner • March 5, 2020
Ron Johnson
stated on November 13, 2019 in a tweet:

The United States is the only nation "that grants legal permanent residency to more than a million people per year."

By Mica Soellner • December 26, 2019
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 in a TV interview:

On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."

By Mica Soellner • December 6, 2019
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 in a TV interview:

"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."

By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 in a tweet:

"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."

By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
Democratic National Committee
stated on September 20, 2019 in a press release:

Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year."

By Mica Soellner • October 18, 2019
Ron Johnson
stated on July 15, 2019 in a tweet:

"Republican policies have led to business investment growth that’s 10 times faster than what we saw under President Obama."

By Mica Soellner • October 9, 2019
Mark Perry
stated on June 28, 2019 in a radio interview:

"Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux."

By Mica Soellner • September 19, 2019
Robin Vos
stated on August 15, 2019 in a radio interview:

The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures."

By Mica Soellner • August 30, 2019