“Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”
Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald
Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders. a news release. Claim dated 21 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
There are a lot of ways to slice coronavirus data, but this overreaches. Most metrics showed the state infection rate was flat at the time of this statement.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald (Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders) made this claim around 21 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 April 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- legis.wisconsin.govhttp://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/republicans/news/wisconsin-legislature-takes-gov-ever…
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