“Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
Scott Fitzgerald
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader, Republican. 5 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2022. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
“More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: About 9% of the American Rescue Plan funding is slated for direct COVID-19 intervention such as vaccines and testing. But the vast majority is related to pandemic relief, 85% by the calculations of one nonpartisan group.
“The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Yes, some local races have flipped after recounts, but no race in the U.S. flipped with a margin near the 20,000-vote lead Biden has in Wisconsin.
“Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Universal background checks involve asking people "to submit the serial numbers to their guns to a state or federal official," and that violates the Second Amendment.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False