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Latest Fact-Checks By Analisa Trofimuk

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 25, 2022 a press conference
"We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."
Mostly False
By Analisa Trofimuk • June 3, 2022
Keith Pekau
Keith Pekau
stated on April 11, 2022 in a campaign advertisement
We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years.
True
By Analisa Trofimuk • May 1, 2022
Mary Miller
Mary Miller
stated on April 8, 2022 a tweet
The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible."
False
By Analisa Trofimuk • April 17, 2022
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet
“An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That’s how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color.”
Mostly False
By Analisa Trofimuk • April 1, 2022
Richard Irvin
Richard Irvin
stated on February 20, 2022 a tweet
"In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%."
Mostly False
By Analisa Trofimuk • March 6, 2022
Blaine Wilhour
Blaine Wilhour
stated on February 9, 2022 a press conference
"There is absolutely no observed or clinical data that indicates any benefit whatsoever to masking K-12 students in schools."
Mostly False
By Analisa Trofimuk • February 20, 2022
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 2, 2022 the 2022 State of the State address.
“A larger percentage of Illinoisans have been vaccinated than in any other Midwestern state.”
Mostly True
By Analisa Trofimuk • February 11, 2022
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on December 31, 2021 a year-end press release.
"Chicago maintained the lowest unemployment rate through most of 2021 of any large American city."
False
By Analisa Trofimuk • January 31, 2022