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 Scott Walker stated on June 19, 2018 in a TV ad: Says he made "a record investment in schools." Matt Flynn stated on December 23, 2017 in interviews, news releases: On whether he would seek to undo the Foxconn deal. Mahlon Mitchell stated on June 19, 2018 in an interview: Says Scott Walker "has cut more from public education than he's put back in, obviously. He took $1.6 billion and some change away and then puts back $630 million and he's calling that progress." Matt Flynn stated on April 12, 2018 in a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud." Doug La Follette stated on July 18, 2018 in an interview: Says he’s been Wisconsin secretary of state "around 25 years." Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 2, 2018 in a cable interview: Says "political interference" from Scott Walker’s administration has led to "gagging (DNR) scientists so they can no longer comment on proposed legislation" and "we’re letting polluters write their own permits." Tony Evers stated on June 27, 2018 in a campaign email: "I’m the first Democrat to ever lead Scott Walker in an election year." Kelda Helen Roys stated on July 19, 2018 in a TV ad: "In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime." Kevin Nicholson stated on July 16, 2018 in an interview: On supporting Mitch McConnell as U.S. Senate majority leader. Kelda Helen Roys stated on April 18, 2018 in a tweet and campaign event: Wisconsin lost "almost 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017." Leah Vukmir stated on June 1, 2018 in a tweet: Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms." Bernie Sanders stated on July 14, 2018 in a speech: "The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people." Club for Growth stated on July 12, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Leah Vukmir "wrote a letter seeking leniency for a fellow state legislator convicted of sexual assault." Leah Vukmir stated on July 5, 2018 in a news release: Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement." Paul Soglin stated on March 23, 2018 in a public forum: "If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder." Matt Flynn stated on June 13, 2018 in news release: "Foxconn will not face oversight from any federal, state, or local agency to guarantee it complies with our wetlands protection laws." Scott Walker stated on May 13, 2018 in a TV interview: "By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that." Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 28, 2018 in a radio interview: "There are a lot of private charters. And in fact, (Tony Evers) sought and received the largest charter school grant in the country from the Trump-DeVos administration to start new charter schools in Wisconsin." Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a public forum: Says Wisconsin "hadn’t been won by a Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1952. And I won Wisconsin. … Ronald Reagan, remember, Wisconsin was the state that Ronald Reagan did not win." Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview: The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families." Scott Walker stated on May 31, 2018 in a tweet: "Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief." Leah Vukmir stated on June 19, 2018 in a statement: On separating families at the border. Mike McCabe stated on April 18, 2018 in a podcast: Wisconsin is "49th in the country in internet speed." Dana Wachs stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview: Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure." Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 2, 2018 in an interview: Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office. Kelda Helen Roys stated on June 6, 2018 in statements: On participating in a debate for Democratic gubernatorial candidates. Tammy Baldwin stated on April 16, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations." Tony Evers stated on April 22, 2018 in an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha: Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes. Kathleen Vinehout stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview: Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."
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Scott Walker stated on June 19, 2018 in a TV ad: Says he made "a record investment in schools." Matt Flynn stated on December 23, 2017 in interviews, news releases: On whether he would seek to undo the Foxconn deal. Mahlon Mitchell stated on June 19, 2018 in an interview: Says Scott Walker "has cut more from public education than he's put back in, obviously. He took $1.6 billion and some change away and then puts back $630 million and he's calling that progress." Matt Flynn stated on April 12, 2018 in a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud." Doug La Follette stated on July 18, 2018 in an interview: Says he’s been Wisconsin secretary of state "around 25 years." Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 2, 2018 in a cable interview: Says "political interference" from Scott Walker’s administration has led to "gagging (DNR) scientists so they can no longer comment on proposed legislation" and "we’re letting polluters write their own permits." Tony Evers stated on June 27, 2018 in a campaign email: "I’m the first Democrat to ever lead Scott Walker in an election year." Kelda Helen Roys stated on July 19, 2018 in a TV ad: "In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime." Kevin Nicholson stated on July 16, 2018 in an interview: On supporting Mitch McConnell as U.S. Senate majority leader. Kelda Helen Roys stated on April 18, 2018 in a tweet and campaign event: Wisconsin lost "almost 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017." Leah Vukmir stated on June 1, 2018 in a tweet: Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms." Bernie Sanders stated on July 14, 2018 in a speech: "The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people." Club for Growth stated on July 12, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Leah Vukmir "wrote a letter seeking leniency for a fellow state legislator convicted of sexual assault." Leah Vukmir stated on July 5, 2018 in a news release: Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement." Paul Soglin stated on March 23, 2018 in a public forum: "If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder." Matt Flynn stated on June 13, 2018 in news release: "Foxconn will not face oversight from any federal, state, or local agency to guarantee it complies with our wetlands protection laws." Scott Walker stated on May 13, 2018 in a TV interview: "By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that." Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 28, 2018 in a radio interview: "There are a lot of private charters. And in fact, (Tony Evers) sought and received the largest charter school grant in the country from the Trump-DeVos administration to start new charter schools in Wisconsin." Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a public forum: Says Wisconsin "hadn’t been won by a Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1952. And I won Wisconsin. … Ronald Reagan, remember, Wisconsin was the state that Ronald Reagan did not win." Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview: The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families." Scott Walker stated on May 31, 2018 in a tweet: "Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief." Leah Vukmir stated on June 19, 2018 in a statement: On separating families at the border. Mike McCabe stated on April 18, 2018 in a podcast: Wisconsin is "49th in the country in internet speed." Dana Wachs stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview: Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure." Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 2, 2018 in an interview: Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office. Kelda Helen Roys stated on June 6, 2018 in statements: On participating in a debate for Democratic gubernatorial candidates. Tammy Baldwin stated on April 16, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations." Tony Evers stated on April 22, 2018 in an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha: Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes. Kathleen Vinehout stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview: Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."
Matt Flynn stated on December 23, 2017 in interviews, news releases: On whether he would seek to undo the Foxconn deal.
Mahlon Mitchell stated on June 19, 2018 in an interview: Says Scott Walker "has cut more from public education than he's put back in, obviously. He took $1.6 billion and some change away and then puts back $630 million and he's calling that progress."
Matt Flynn stated on April 12, 2018 in a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Doug La Follette stated on July 18, 2018 in an interview: Says he’s been Wisconsin secretary of state "around 25 years."
Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 2, 2018 in a cable interview: Says "political interference" from Scott Walker’s administration has led to "gagging (DNR) scientists so they can no longer comment on proposed legislation" and "we’re letting polluters write their own permits."
Tony Evers stated on June 27, 2018 in a campaign email: "I’m the first Democrat to ever lead Scott Walker in an election year."
Kevin Nicholson stated on July 16, 2018 in an interview: On supporting Mitch McConnell as U.S. Senate majority leader.
Kelda Helen Roys stated on April 18, 2018 in a tweet and campaign event: Wisconsin lost "almost 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017."
Leah Vukmir stated on June 1, 2018 in a tweet: Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms."
Bernie Sanders stated on July 14, 2018 in a speech: "The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."
Club for Growth stated on July 12, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Leah Vukmir "wrote a letter seeking leniency for a fellow state legislator convicted of sexual assault."
Leah Vukmir stated on July 5, 2018 in a news release: Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."
Paul Soglin stated on March 23, 2018 in a public forum: "If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder."
Matt Flynn stated on June 13, 2018 in news release: "Foxconn will not face oversight from any federal, state, or local agency to guarantee it complies with our wetlands protection laws."
Scott Walker stated on May 13, 2018 in a TV interview: "By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that."
Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 28, 2018 in a radio interview: "There are a lot of private charters. And in fact, (Tony Evers) sought and received the largest charter school grant in the country from the Trump-DeVos administration to start new charter schools in Wisconsin."
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a public forum: Says Wisconsin "hadn’t been won by a Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1952. And I won Wisconsin. … Ronald Reagan, remember, Wisconsin was the state that Ronald Reagan did not win."
Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview: The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that."
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."
Scott Walker stated on May 31, 2018 in a tweet: "Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."
Mike McCabe stated on April 18, 2018 in a podcast: Wisconsin is "49th in the country in internet speed."
Dana Wachs stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview: Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."
Kelda Helen Roys stated on May 2, 2018 in an interview: Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office.
Kelda Helen Roys stated on June 6, 2018 in statements: On participating in a debate for Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
Tammy Baldwin stated on April 16, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations."
Tony Evers stated on April 22, 2018 in an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha: Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.
Kathleen Vinehout stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview: Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."
