Retreat from applause line
On directing the attorney general to withdraw Wisconsin from pre-existing conditions lawsuit.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, January 25th, 2019
'Required' is not the same as 'allowed.'
"Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
Veers from both logic and the party line
In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, January 10th, 2019
Pages of Page (and Strzok) texts
Says 19,000 text messages exchanged between former FBI officials that were "purposely and illegally deleted ... would have explained (the special counsel investigation) hoax."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Yes, though relatively minor ones
"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, December 13th, 2018
One rule for predecessor, another for successor
On taking major actions in a lame-duck session.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, December 7th, 2018
Debate not abated
"There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, November 29th, 2018
Ignores multiple actions on the underlying bills
"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
Asylum cannot be sought from outside U.S.
"Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 16th, 2018
A late decider
Says Joe Manchin "refused to commit to Kavanaugh until AFTER the Senate had the votes."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 15th, 2018
A lot of litigation
"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."
— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, November 12th, 2018
'Illegal alien' requires some clarification
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 2nd, 2018
Real numbers used to create distortions
"Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, October 29th, 2018
All but one did in the past 150 years
"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Program got recovery payments
Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
False verdict
The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."
— PunditFact on Friday, October 12th, 2018
Unlawful does not mean criminal
Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Don't blame Trump, Duterte
"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
She never said that
"Christine Blasey Ford claims that she called a friend on her cell phone after the ‘attack’ in or around 1982."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Voices heard
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018