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Latest Fact-Checks On JB Pritzker

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JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference
The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2025
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on July 28, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week"
Sen. JD Vance is “known for his obsession with couches.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • July 31, 2024
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
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on July 21, 2021 a podcast interview
“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 30, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on June 3, 2021 a TV interview
Illinois Republican lawmakers “have argued that they want an independent [redistricting] commission, but they didn't do anything about it.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 11, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 17, 2021 a speech
“For the month of February, Illinois has been the vaccination leader among the 10 most populous states in the country.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 25, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on November 17, 2020 remarks at a news conference
“Republican elected officials, a network of propaganda publications in the state and some radio shock jocks” were spreading “a lie” about his daughter breaking COVID-19 restrictions.
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 6, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 13, 2020 a tweet
Says Illinois has made a "nation-leading" investment in funding for Census outreach.
Mostly True
By Deborah Wilber • November 1, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on August 4, 2020 remarks at a news conference
When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 14, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 17, 2020 remarks at a press conference
Says it was “unquestionably” not within his “legal authority” to postpone Illinois’ primary election by changing the date or shifting to vote-by-mail.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on January 29, 2020 a speech
“Over the past year, Illinois has reduced its unemployment rate more than all of the top 20 most populated states in the nation — and more than our Midwestern peers.”
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on November 19, 2019 an interview
Says a study projected that a pension buyout program he expanded would save "billions and billions, potentially $25 billion."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 24, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 31, 2019 an interview
"Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 8, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 a speech
Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 20, 2019 a speech
Says taxing more services, taxing retirement income and increasing the flat-rate income tax would "fall disproportionately on the working poor and the middle class."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 3, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on September 13, 2018 a TV ad
"Because of Bruce Rauner, Illinois went 736 days without a budget, delaying funding for schools while local governments were forced to raise property taxes."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 30, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on August 24, 2018 a TV ad
Says Bruce Rauner is "misquoting newspapers to lie about J.B. Pritzker."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 2, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on July 31, 2018 a video on Twitter
"We have the most educated … workforce in the entire nation." 
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 5, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on June 7, 2018 a campaign ad
"$1 billion—that’s how much Bruce Rauner has wasted with his budget crisis."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 25, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 30, 2018 a tweet
A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 10, 2018
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