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Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference
“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nick Karmia • October 31, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 an interview
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 una publicación en X
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
False
By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 an X post
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
False
By Maria Briceño • October 15, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 7, 2025 a TikTok post
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
False
By Maria Briceño • September 8, 2025
stated on June 2, 2025 Radio interview
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • June 25, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2024 a photo
“A Coca-Cola truck filled with kids was found by police in Cicero, Illinois.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 18, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 22, 2024 social media posts
“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 24, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 una publicación en X
“Un grupo de 32 venezolanos armados tomaron esta noche un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago”.
False
By Maria Briceño • September 9, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 X posts
A group of 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago.
False
September 6, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on August 17, 2024 In X post on Aug. 17
Photo shows “domestic Antifa are already gathering in Chicago, to create chaos during the Harris-Walz DNC.”
False
August 21, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on August 19, 2024 an X post
Democrats dyed the “Chicago River red to celebrate abortion.”
Pants on Fire!
August 20, 2024
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on December 12, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
In the past year, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois passed "highly popular” policies such as paid family leave, one of several issues that have been stymied in Wisconsin by Republicans.
Half-True
By Sophia Voight • January 30, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2023 a Facebook post
A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.
False
By Sara Swann • September 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2023 a post
"Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers."
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 11, 2023
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on March 26, 2023 an interview on CNN
Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 a House committee hearing
Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2022 Instagram post
‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.
False
November 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 9, 2022 a Facebook post
Under new Illinois law, these crimes are “nondetainable": “Burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, DUI offenses, even DUI involving a fatality, most drug offenses, and even 2nd degree murder.”
False
September 14, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2022 a Facebook post
Rep. Adam Kinzinger “admits Trump won” the 2020 presidential election.
False
August 17, 2022
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