Latest Mostly True Fact-checks Van Wanggaard stated on April 15, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money." Joe Biden stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad: If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.” Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech: “Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.” Ron Johnson stated on May 19, 2024 in TV interview: Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times." Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.” Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.” Greta Neubauer stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.” Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision: Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.” Joe Biden stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been." Jonathan Becker stated on February 16, 2024 in a letter to college presidents: After a 2022 law, “the vast majority of colleges in New York State do not have on-campus poll sites.” Donna Brazile stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week": The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.” Scott Walker stated on March 3, 2024 in TV interview: “We just had 100% increase in layoffs.” Carl Weisbrod stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed: “The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.” Brad Holyman-Sigal stated on February 26, 2024 in a press release: “Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.” Simon Rosenberg stated on March 8, 2024 in a post on X: “Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic presidents.” Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.” Instagram posts stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post: A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns. Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview: “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.” Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address: President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.” Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post: “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.” Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article: “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft. Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.” Donna Brazile stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.” Cindi Duchow stated on November 9, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect." Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.” Robin Vos stated on September 15, 2023 in News release: Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed." Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief." Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S. Ron DeSantis stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Van Wanggaard stated on April 15, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money." Joe Biden stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad: If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.” Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech: “Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.” Ron Johnson stated on May 19, 2024 in TV interview: Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times." Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.” Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.” Greta Neubauer stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.” Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision: Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.” Joe Biden stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been." Jonathan Becker stated on February 16, 2024 in a letter to college presidents: After a 2022 law, “the vast majority of colleges in New York State do not have on-campus poll sites.” Donna Brazile stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week": The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.” Scott Walker stated on March 3, 2024 in TV interview: “We just had 100% increase in layoffs.” Carl Weisbrod stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed: “The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.” Brad Holyman-Sigal stated on February 26, 2024 in a press release: “Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.” Simon Rosenberg stated on March 8, 2024 in a post on X: “Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic presidents.” Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.” Instagram posts stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post: A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns. Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview: “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.” Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address: President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.” Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post: “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.” Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article: “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft. Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.” Donna Brazile stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.” Cindi Duchow stated on November 9, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect." Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.” Robin Vos stated on September 15, 2023 in News release: Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed." Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief." Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S. Ron DeSantis stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Van Wanggaard stated on April 15, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money."
Joe Biden stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad: If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.”
Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech: “Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”
Ron Johnson stated on May 19, 2024 in TV interview: Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."
Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”
Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”
Greta Neubauer stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”
Joe Biden stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision: Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”
Joe Biden stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."
Jonathan Becker stated on February 16, 2024 in a letter to college presidents: After a 2022 law, “the vast majority of colleges in New York State do not have on-campus poll sites.”
Donna Brazile stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week": The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
Carl Weisbrod stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed: “The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.”
Brad Holyman-Sigal stated on February 26, 2024 in a press release: “Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
Simon Rosenberg stated on March 8, 2024 in a post on X: “Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic presidents.”
Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”
Instagram posts stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post: A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.
Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview: “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address: President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”
Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post: “Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article: “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”
Donna Brazile stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”
Cindi Duchow stated on November 9, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect."
Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”
Robin Vos stated on September 15, 2023 in News release: Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."
Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."
Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
Ron DeSantis stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.