Latest Fact-Checks In Iowa

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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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2022 a Facebook post
This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.”
False
December 13, 2022
Deidre DeJear
Deidre DeJear
stated on October 19, 2022 a tweet
"Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated."
False
By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on July 10, 2022 an interview with Breitbart
“My opponent, Cindy Axne, has actively sought to defund the police.”
False
By Sam Knupp • July 20, 2022
Mike Franken
Mike Franken
stated on May 5, 2022 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2022 a Facebook post
“A bird pooped on Joe Biden during his speech” in Iowa.
False
April 13, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on February 6, 2022 a tweet
Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 16, 2022
Progress Iowa
Progress Iowa
stated on November 15, 2021 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
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on October 21, 2021 a press release
Democrats are “asking for a blank check book to spend as much as they want without worrying about the repercussions.”
False
October 27, 2021
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on September 8, 2021 a tweet
“My opponent wants to abolish” law enforcement.
False
September 17, 2021
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on July 16, 2021 an Iowa event
“In South Dakota, I’m putting prayer back in our schools.”
False
July 22, 2021
Greg Hauenstein
Greg Hauenstein
stated on June 17, 2021 a tweet
The “Back the Blue” Act that Gov. Kim Reynolds signs means you can't wear the American flag. "So throw out those towels and swimsuits ... or you’re a criminal!"
False
July 6, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 8, 2021 articles and social media
Black Lives Matter protest at Iowa Capitol was an “insurrection” like that on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
False
April 12, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2020 a campaign speech
Says Joe Biden has plans to ban animal agriculture and gas-powered cars.
False
January 18, 2021
Organizers for Bernie 2020
Organizers for Bernie 2020
stated on February 4, 2020 a tweet
Says Democrats "blocked the Iowa poll" and "blocked the Iowa caucus."
False
February 4, 2020
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on February 2, 2020 a tweet
Says "EIGHT Iowa counties have more adults registered to vote than voting-aged adults living there.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech
"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 11, 2015 Atlantic, Iowa, during a campaign event.
Says President Barack Obama did not invite a Republican senator to dine at the White House until his fifth year in office. 
False
By Jason Noble • November 23, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines
"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
False
By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015