Latest Fact Checks By Matt Dietrich

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Clip from Berrios attack ad on Kaegi

Joe Berrios fails to lock down timeline in Kaegi prison charge

By Matt Dietrich
December 29, 2017
"(Fritz) Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons."
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Bruce Rauner tax increase tweet 12-2017

Rauner distorts Dems’ message on Illinois income tax

By Matt Dietrich
December 14, 2017
"The candidates controlled by Madigan, all of them have said, ‘The answer to our problems is a massive income tax hike.’ "
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JB Pritzker campaign video screen shot

No, JB Pritzker did not release more tax information than Bruce Rauner

By Matt Dietrich
December 11, 2017
"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
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Biss campaign photo

Biss accurate in sarcastic tax hit on opponents Pritzker, Kennedy

By Matt Dietrich
December 4, 2017
These guys are now pretty much living up to the @BruceRauner standard. And falling dismally short of the @MittRomney standard. Even Romney released his full…
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Michael Madigan at committee hearing 10-31-2017

Madigan’s ethics panel (mal)function

By Matt Dietrich
November 9, 2017
"The Legislative Ethics Commission continues to function."
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Eric Holcomb in Rauner ad

Indiana governor right to gloat about union jobs success

By Matt Dietrich
November 3, 2017
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
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Bruce Rauner 10-20-2017

Rauner’s “blind trust procedures” don’t excuse lawsuit secrecy

By Matt Dietrich
October 27, 2017
"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."
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Rahm Emanuel 2018 budget address

Emanuel plays fast and loose with fast growth boast

By Matt Dietrich
October 20, 2017
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
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Rauner hb40 announcement speech

Rauner consistent from the start on his pro-choice views

By Matt Dietrich
October 10, 2017
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders 10-2-17

Chicago toughest on gun control? A claim shot full of holes

By Matt Dietrich
October 3, 2017
"I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in…
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Michael Bloomberg night 3

Cook County soda tax should make a dent in consumption

By Matt Dietrich
October 2, 2017
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
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Rauner budget veto Facebook photo

Rauner’s right: Illinois budget balancing act an ongoing production

By Matt Dietrich
September 20, 2017
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
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