Latest Fact-Checks By Lyle Muller

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Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on August 24, 2022 in a newsletter:
“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • August 31, 2022
Deidre DeJear
Deidre DeJear
stated on August 13, 2022 in remarks at the Iowa State Fair:
“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • August 29, 2022
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on July 17, 2022 in a newsletter:
The Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 “would permit abortion up until delivery.”
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • August 1, 2022
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on June 14, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Zach Nunn took money from Adventureland’s CEO, then sponsored legislation to loosen amusement park safety rules. A child died. Zach Nunn put his big donor first, ahead of the safety of Iowa families.”
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • June 18, 2022
Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls
stated on May 31, 2022 in an end-of-year Senate Democrats newsletter:
“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • June 9, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • May 27, 2022
Mike Franken
Mike Franken
stated on May 5, 2022 in a tweet:
“Senator Grassley hopped off the Finance Committee, where he could be helpful to Iowa and the nation, in favor of the Judiciary Committee"
False
By Lyle Muller • May 9, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview:
In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”
True
By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022
Abby Finkenauer
Abby Finkenauer
stated on December 9, 2021 in a tweet:
Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill.
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • December 17, 2021
Progress Iowa
Progress Iowa
stated on November 15, 2021 in a press release:
"Only one member of Iowa’s federal delegation" voted in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation.
False
By Lyle Muller • November 18, 2021
Randy Feenstra
Randy Feenstra
stated on October 5, 2021 in a tweet:
The Biden administration "published a study concluding 4 (of) 5 new cars on the road by 2050 will still require liquid fuels."
True
By Lyle Muller • October 28, 2021
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on October 19, 2021 in a tweet:
"Welcome 2 Pres Biden’s America where inflation is costing households an extra $175 a month.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • October 21, 2021
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on June 10, 2021 in an interview:
"We’re not even remotely close to a point to say that we’re at rising inflation."
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • July 1, 2021
Lindsay James
Lindsay James
stated on May 11, 2021 in a tweet:
“There are more job openings than there are people on unemployment" in Iowa.
True
By Lyle Muller • May 12, 2021
Randy Feenstra
Randy Feenstra
stated on April 28, 2021 in a tweet:
"Only <6% of the $2.1 trillion 'infrastructure' bill contains funding for roads & bridges.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • April 30, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 5, 2020 in on 'The Ingraham Angle':
In Iowa, "they have allowed a little over 300 people to re-vote."
Pants on Fire!
By Lyle Muller • November 6, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 30, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally:
Farm bankruptcies are "at an eight-year high."
True
By Lyle Muller • October 31, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference:
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Ron McMullen
Ron McMullen
stated on June 23, 2020 in an op-ed:
Former U.S. Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was a slave owner married to one of his slaves and father of two children with her.
True
By Lyle Muller • July 8, 2020