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Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on March 28, 2022 in TV ad:
“As your Lieutenant Governor…I cut your taxes.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • April 13, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • April 4, 2022
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 7, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Gov. Tony Evers “tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • April 1, 2022
Wisconsin Initiative
stated on February 23, 2022 in TV ad:
“Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 22, 2022
Pam Helming
stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview:
“Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 17, 2022
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2022
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden “is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Val Demings
stated on March 6, 2022 in an ad:
“Marco Rubio is following his party bosses, like Rick Scott, with his plan to raise taxes on Florida’s working families, retirees and veterans.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 3, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on January 7, 2022 in an ad:
Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022
Melanie D'Arrigo
stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet:
“Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 18, 2022
Joe Manchin
stated on December 20, 2021 in a radio interview:
The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2021
Lindsey Graham
stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2021
Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview:
“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 in prepared remarks for a House floor speech:
“If you or your family spends $28 a day — prepare to be under constant audit by the IRS.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech:
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2021
Gwen Moore
stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview:
“If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 11, 2021
David Gura
stated on October 27, 2021 in a tweet:
“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”
True
By Emily Zirkelbach • November 9, 2021
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
“The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we’d raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2021
Byron Brown
stated on September 9, 2021 in a debate:
“Three percent is not a modest tax increase, if you own a $100,000 home in the city of Buffalo, that means an extra $300 a year.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2021
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