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Latest Fact-Checks In Illinois

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Tricia McLaughlin
Tricia McLaughlin
stated on October 12, 2025 una publicación en X:
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
False
By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2025
Tricia McLaughlin
Tricia McLaughlin
stated on October 12, 2025 an X post:
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
False
By Maria Briceño • October 15, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 7, 2025 a TikTok post:
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
False
By Maria Briceño • September 8, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2024 a photo:
“A Coca-Cola truck filled with kids was found by police in Cicero, Illinois.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 18, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 22, 2024 social media posts:
“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 24, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 una publicación en X:
“Un grupo de 32 venezolanos armados tomaron esta noche un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago”.
False
By Maria Briceño, Sofia Ahmed • September 9, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 X posts:
A group of 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • September 6, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on August 17, 2024 In X post on Aug. 17:
Photo shows “domestic Antifa are already gathering in Chicago, to create chaos during the Harris-Walz DNC.”
False
By Sabine Martin • August 21, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2023 a Facebook post:
A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.
False
By Sara Swann • September 11, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 a House committee hearing:
Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • February 3, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2022 Instagram post:
‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.
False
By Michael Majchrowicz • November 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 9, 2022 a Facebook post:
Under new Illinois law, these crimes are “nondetainable": “Burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, DUI offenses, even DUI involving a fatality, most drug offenses, and even 2nd degree murder.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 14, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2022 a Facebook post:
Rep. Adam Kinzinger “admits Trump won” the 2020 presidential election.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 17, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 14, 2022 an Instagram post:
R. Kelly “missing after prison security verify he’s escaped beneath facility.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 18, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2022 a Facebook post:
Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 12, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 4, 2022 a Facebook post:
Images show Highland Park shooter had antifa connection
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 7, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on July 5, 2022 a tweet:
Says an image shows the Highland Park shooting suspect "in jail or rehab or a psychiatric center" before the shooting.
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 5, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2022 a Facebook post:
Illinois high school to implement race-based grading system in 2022-2023 school year
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 3, 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
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
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