Yes. The average number of days has more than doubled under presidents elected since the 1980s.
Author Archives: Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch
Tom Kertscher joined Wisconsin Watch as a full-time reporter in October 2024. He started as a fact checker in January 2023 and contributes to our collaboration with the The Gigafact Project to fight misinformation online. Kertscher is a former longtime newspaper reporter, including at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He is a contributing writer for Milwaukee Magazine and sports freelancer for The Associated Press.
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Here are some claims made by Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks — and the facts
As President-elect Donald Trump stocks his Cabinet with some of his most loyal followers, we’ve already checked some of their surprising and dubious claims. Here’s a look at a few of them.
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Has Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford opposed Wisconsin’s voter ID law?
Yes. Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has opposed the state’s voter identification law.
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Has 83% of the money from Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts gone to the top 1%?
No. Higher-income Americans have received the largest savings from the 2017 tax cut law signed by President Donald Trump, but the top 1% have not received 83% of the savings.
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Does Wisconsin have twice as many registered voters as active voters?
No. Wisconsin has 4.27 million inactive voters and 3.66 million registered voters.
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Are 40% of children in US taking antidepressants?
No. Less than 8% of minors in the U.S. use antidepressant prescription drugs, the latest data indicate.
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Are Milwaukee vote tabulation machines connected to the internet?
No. Milwaukee ballot tabulation machines are not connected to the internet.
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Can anyone order Wisconsin absentee ballots ‘for anyone and ship the ballots anywhere in the world’?
No. Only registered Wisconsin voters can use Wisconsin’s MyVote website to request absentee ballots by mail.
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Was the Biden administration’s revision of a jobs report fraud?
No. Donald Trump falsely stated in Milwaukee that the Biden administration “fraudulently claimed” to have created 818,000 jobs.
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Has Tammy Baldwin taken steps to lower prescription drug prices?
Yes. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has backed efforts to reduce prescription drug prices.
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The presidential candidates made a lot of claims in Wisconsin. Here are the facts.
Most statements we checked about the presidential candidates on immigration, health care and the economy were false or misleading. A few hit the mark.
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Does Eric Hovde support raising the Social Security retirement age for younger Americans?
Yes. Republican Eric Hovde supports raising the retirement age for receiving Social Security, but only for younger Americans, despite misleading attacks on him.