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Latest Fact-Checks In Illinois

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Terri Bryant
Terri Bryant
stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview:
“75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 3, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 10, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on July 21, 2021 in 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
Terri Bryant
Terri Bryant
stated on July 13, 2021 in a radio interview:
“You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you’re eligible for Medicaid.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 20, 2021
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on June 28, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:
Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 4, 2021
Jim Oberweis
Jim Oberweis
stated on September 18, 2020 in an ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood described riots as “beautiful protests.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2020
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on August 23, 2020 in a radio interview:
"We have a worse economy than any other country in the world that's going through COVID-19 by a factor of three."
False
By Deborah Wilber • September 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Feds Seize 19,888 Fake State Driver Licenses (Made in China) in Chicago O'Hare Airport - ALL Registered to Vote -- ALL Demorats!”
False
By Madison Czopek • September 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times.
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme:
People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.”
False
By Daniel Funke • July 8, 2020
Illinois Rising Action
Illinois Rising Action
stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad:
“While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 3, 2020
Kimberly Lightford
Kimberly Lightford
stated on May 15, 2020 in a TV interview:
The novel coronavirus was “man-made.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 21, 2020
Darin LaHood
Darin LaHood
stated on May 1, 2020 in a TV interview:
"93% of the (COVID-19) cases in the state of Illinois have come from Chicago."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 2020
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 29, 2020 in a press release:
Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten “demanded the impeachment of the Republican President before the Mueller report was even released.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2020
Marie Newman
Marie Newman
stated on January 6, 2020 in an interview:
Says U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski had "a part in" undoing a law that used to limit how long trains could idle at crossings.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 19, 2020
Mark Batinick
Mark Batinick
stated on October 8, 2019 in a radio interview:
Says California has "30% or a third of the country’s people living at or below the poverty level."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 20, 2019
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on July 26, 2019 in a TV interview:
Says ex-Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti "publicly did not stand in opposition to" former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to sign a bill that expanded the public funding of abortions in Illinois.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 1, 2019
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on July 8, 2019 in a podcast interview:
"Indiana actually has a higher gas tax than Illinois does even with the increase in (Illinois’) taxes."
False
By Duncan Agnew • July 21, 2019
Bill Brady
Bill Brady
stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech:
Says that after "the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 23, 2019
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