Latest Fact-Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

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Mary Miller
Mary Miller
stated on October 23, 2021 in a tweet:
The migrant caravan from Tapachula, Mexico “is the population of Minneapolis.”
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 31, 2021
Terri Bryant
Terri Bryant
stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview:
“75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 3, 2021
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:
Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2021
Rodney Davis
Rodney Davis
stated on July 27, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “office was calling the shots on all of their (Capitol security officials’) actions on Jan. 6.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 5, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview:
“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 30, 2021
Terri Bryant
Terri Bryant
stated on July 13, 2021 in a radio interview:
“You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you’re eligible for Medicaid.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 20, 2021
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on June 28, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:
Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 4, 2021
Rodney Davis
Rodney Davis
stated on June 21, 2021 in a press release:
“Prairie State power plant is the cleanest coal-fired power plant in the nation.”
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 27, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on June 3, 2021 in a TV interview:
Illinois Republican lawmakers “have argued that they want an independent [redistricting] commission, but they didn't do anything about it.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 11, 2021
Robert Martwick
Robert Martwick
stated on May 10, 2021 in a podcast interview:
Opposition to having a fully elected Chicago Board of Education is in the “super minority.”
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 23, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV interview:
“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 18, 2021
stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview:
The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 21, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 17, 2021 in a speech:
“For the month of February, Illinois has been the vaccination leader among the 10 most populous states in the country.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 25, 2021
Illinois Republican Party
Illinois Republican Party
stated on February 5, 2021 in social media posts:
“Pritzker’s Hierarchy of Vaccine Priorities” puts prisoners, politicians and college students ahead of “individuals with high-risk health factors, and everyone else.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on November 17, 2020 in remarks at a news conference:
“Republican elected officials, a network of propaganda publications in the state and some radio shock jocks” were spreading “a lie” about his daughter breaking COVID-19 restrictions.
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 6, 2020
Jim Oberweis
Jim Oberweis
stated on September 18, 2020 in an ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood described riots as “beautiful protests.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2020
Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment
Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment
stated on August 31, 2020 in an ad:
Approving the constitutional amendment on Illinois' November ballot “would let the politicians immediately implement their plan to increase taxes on small businesses, farmers and large employers.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2020
Darin LaHood
Darin LaHood
stated on August 24, 2020 in a TV interview:
“The post office right now, this year, is operating with about a $12 billion surplus.”
Pants on Fire!
By Deborah Wilber, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 6, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference:
When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 14, 2020
Illinois Rising Action
Illinois Rising Action
stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad:
“While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 3, 2020
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