Latest Fact-Checks In Iowa

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Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on September 15, 2023 News release
Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."
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By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on September 18, 2022 a tweet
"I was named Iowa’s most bipartisan member of Congress by @TheLugarCenter.”
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September 27, 2022
Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls
stated on May 31, 2022 an end-of-year Senate Democrats newsletter
“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”
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By Lyle Muller • June 9, 2022
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on February 5, 2022 a tweet
"During the first 3 months of FY2022 Customs& Border Protection recorded 518k encounters w illegal immigrants at S border That’s up 137% from same point in FY2021."
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March 3, 2022
Iowa House Democrats
Iowa House Democrats
stated on February 10, 2022 a tweet
"According to Republican Rep. Jeff Shipley, teachers should not receive a pay raise if they teach American history that Republicans don’t agree with."
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By Meg Doster • March 2, 2022
Liz Mathis
Liz Mathis
stated on January 21, 2022 a tweet
“Ashley Hinson voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill that made this money (for Iowa's locks and dams) possible. Once again she’s taking credit for work she didn’t do.”
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January 21, 2022
J.D. Scholten
J.D. Scholten
stated on July 21, 2021 a tweet
“By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.”
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August 6, 2021
Kedron Bardwell
Kedron Bardwell
stated on May 20, 2021 a tweet
"These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists."
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June 11, 2021
Christina Blackcloud
Christina Blackcloud
stated on January 23, 2021 a tweet
The school voucher bill the Iowa Legislature is considering would "give your education tax dollars to corporations."
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February 4, 2021
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on November 10, 2020 a press conference
"If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers."
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By Brooklyn Draisey • November 18, 2020
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on October 15, 2020 comments at a debate
Says she is ranked "one of the most bipartisan senators in the Senate in the last 25 years."
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By Rachel Schilke, Rylee Wilson • October 26, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 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.”
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By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 14, 2020 the Condition of the State address
Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
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By Katie Ann McCarver • May 29, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on May 18, 2020 a debate
“I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.”
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By Caleb McCullough • May 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 remarks at a public event in Des Moines
"Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."
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May 22, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 comments at a presidential debate
"The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it."
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By Rylee Wilson • January 22, 2020
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 20, 2016 a Hillary for America ad
"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."
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By Jason Noble, Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 comments at the Iowa Democratic debate
500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."
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By Jason Noble • November 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 18, 2015 a roundtable event on women's economic security
"Women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs."
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By Kaitlin DeWulf • November 13, 2015