Latest Fact-Checks By Kevin Hoffman

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Peter Roskam
stated on March 6, 2017 in a speech at the City Club of Chicago:

"The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."

Mostly True

By Kevin Hoffman • March 16, 2017

Susana Mendoza
stated on February 19, 2017 in a press release :

"The various offices of state government have purchased more than $11 million in vehicles, not counting leases, for use from the Governor on down during the last two years."

Mostly True

By Kevin Hoffman • March 2, 2017

Richard Durbin
stated on February 1, 2017 in a interview on Morning Joe :

Says President Barack Obama’s nominees met a standard of 60 votes, "a standard that was met by Elena Kagan as well as Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choices."

Half-True

By Kevin Hoffman • February 10, 2017

Mike Fortner
stated on November 25, 2016 in a op-ed for The State Journal-Register in Springfield:

"House Bill 6627 also requires the applicant to attest to their eligibility to vote, as is required by the National Voter Registration Act and used by all other states that have (automatic voter registration)."

True

By Kevin Hoffman • January 17, 2017

Jeanne Ives
stated on December 1, 2016 in a floor speech:

"Germany managed to increase its use of renewables and its output of carbon dioxide at the same time -- because it resorted to cheap coal to keep the lights on at a price its people could afford."

Mostly True

By Kevin Hoffman • December 16, 2016

Katherine Cloonen
stated on September 21, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"Lindsay Parkhurst wants to take away programs like Social Security and Medicare that seniors have earned throughout their lifetimes."

Pants on Fire!

By Kevin Hoffman • October 13, 2016

Leslie Geissler Munger
stated on September 15, 2016 in a Chicago Sun-Times editorial board debate :

"My opponent… was on both the city of Chicago payroll and the state of Illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years."

Half-True

By Kevin Hoffman • September 22, 2016

SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana
stated on August 25, 2016 in a YouTube video :

"In an interview with the Chicago Tribune's Editorial Board, Comptroller Leslie Munger says that in order to balance a budget, the state would have to 'cut social services completely.'"

False

By Kevin Hoffman • September 8, 2016

Michael Madigan
stated on August 8, 2016 in a press release :

"Gonzales’ losing campaign against me last spring was funded with more than $1 million from supporters and allies of Governor Bruce Rauner."

Mostly False

By Kevin Hoffman • August 18, 2016

Richard Durbin
stated on July 20, 2016 in a press release :

"Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity."

True

By Kevin Hoffman • August 4, 2016

Tammy Duckworth
stated on June 8, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

False

By Kevin Hoffman • July 15, 2016