Latest Fact-checks in Wisconsin Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Melissa Agard stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter: "Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.” Chris Kapenga stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter: “The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.” Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release: “More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.” Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.” Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post: The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies” Sarah Godlewski stated on February 6, 2021 in a tweet: “On average, 17% of a family’s income goes towards child care in Wisconsin.” Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall: "If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.” Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.: “There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief. Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall: “For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.” Mark Pocan stated on February 12, 2021 in a tweet: Ron Johnson didn’t “show up” for a day of impeachment hearings. Ron Johnson stated on February 15, 2021 in a radio interview: Says Jan. 6 Capitol riot “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.” Dan O'Donnell stated on February 3, 2021 in in a commentary: November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.” Gordon Hintz stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview: “We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t." Mark Born stated on January 12, 2021 in Twitter: "The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?” Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. 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.” Scott Walker stated on January 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.” Jim Steineke stated on January 26, 2021 in a tweet: Assembly Republicans “have come to the table” and were part of “give and take” compromise on a coronavirus bill. Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade." Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet: “Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’” Devin LeMahieu stated on January 10, 2021 in a TV interview: "It takes quite a while on Election Day to load those ballots, which is why we have the 1 a.m. or 3 a.m. ballot dumping in Milwaukee." Sarah Godlewski stated on January 9, 2021 in Twitter: “It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.” Jonathan Wichmann stated on January 8, 2021 in a YouTube post: “The DC looting was staged” by antifa Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.” Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews: On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.”
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Melissa Agard stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter: "Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.” Chris Kapenga stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter: “The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.” Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release: “More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.” Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.” Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post: The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies” Sarah Godlewski stated on February 6, 2021 in a tweet: “On average, 17% of a family’s income goes towards child care in Wisconsin.” Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall: "If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.” Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.: “There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief. Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall: “For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.” Mark Pocan stated on February 12, 2021 in a tweet: Ron Johnson didn’t “show up” for a day of impeachment hearings. Ron Johnson stated on February 15, 2021 in a radio interview: Says Jan. 6 Capitol riot “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.” Dan O'Donnell stated on February 3, 2021 in in a commentary: November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.” Gordon Hintz stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview: “We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t." Mark Born stated on January 12, 2021 in Twitter: "The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?” Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. 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.” Scott Walker stated on January 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.” Jim Steineke stated on January 26, 2021 in a tweet: Assembly Republicans “have come to the table” and were part of “give and take” compromise on a coronavirus bill. Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade." Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet: “Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’” Devin LeMahieu stated on January 10, 2021 in a TV interview: "It takes quite a while on Election Day to load those ballots, which is why we have the 1 a.m. or 3 a.m. ballot dumping in Milwaukee." Sarah Godlewski stated on January 9, 2021 in Twitter: “It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.” Jonathan Wichmann stated on January 8, 2021 in a YouTube post: “The DC looting was staged” by antifa Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.” Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews: On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.”
Melissa Agard stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter: "Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.”
Chris Kapenga stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter: “The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”
Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.”
Scott Fitzgerald stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release: “More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”
Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post: The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
Sarah Godlewski stated on February 6, 2021 in a tweet: “On average, 17% of a family’s income goes towards child care in Wisconsin.”
Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water
Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall: "If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.: “There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall: “For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”
Mark Pocan stated on February 12, 2021 in a tweet: Ron Johnson didn’t “show up” for a day of impeachment hearings.
Ron Johnson stated on February 15, 2021 in a radio interview: Says Jan. 6 Capitol riot “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.”
Dan O'Donnell stated on February 3, 2021 in in a commentary: November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.”
Gordon Hintz stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview: “We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."
Mark Born stated on January 12, 2021 in Twitter: "The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”
Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature.
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.”
Scott Walker stated on January 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”
Jim Steineke stated on January 26, 2021 in a tweet: Assembly Republicans “have come to the table” and were part of “give and take” compromise on a coronavirus bill.
Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."
Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet: “Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’”
Devin LeMahieu stated on January 10, 2021 in a TV interview: "It takes quite a while on Election Day to load those ballots, which is why we have the 1 a.m. or 3 a.m. ballot dumping in Milwaukee."
Sarah Godlewski stated on January 9, 2021 in Twitter: “It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.”
Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police.
Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.”
Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews: On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.”
