what was said

“When we won the state of Wisconsin, it hadn’t been won by a Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower.”

— President Trump, at an event in Mount Pleasant, Wis., on Thursday

the facts

False.

Two other Republican presidents won Wisconsin after Dwight D. Eisenhower twice swept the state in 1952 and 1956, and Mr. Trump took it in 2016.

Richard M. Nixon first won Wisconsin in the 1960 presidential election, but lost the nationwide vote to John F. Kennedy. Nixon won Wisconsin again in 1968 and in 1972.

A decade later, Ronald Reagan also won Wisconsin in 1980 and 1984.

Mr. Trump often recalls his Electoral College wins in speeches, and previously has claimed to be the first Republican to win the Badger State in “many, many years” or “in decades.”

Occasionally, he has specified the amount of time elapsed since a Republican last won Wisconsin. But the time frame has increased with each telling.