Latest Fact-Checks In Iowa

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 4, 2022 a post
Schools are putting litter boxes in bathrooms to accommodate kids who identify as furries.
Pants on Fire!
By Monique Curet • April 8, 2022
Jennifer Konfrst
Jennifer Konfrst
stated on March 21, 2022 a press release
Only 2% of K-12 students would benefit from Iowa’s school voucher bill.
True
April 7, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on March 19, 2022 an email newsletter
“Gas prices have been going up since the president’s first day in office, starting with his move to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline.”
Half-True
March 30, 2022
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on March 6, 2022 a tweet
California has instituted a "bacon ban."
Half-True
March 11, 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."
Mostly True
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."
Mostly True
By Meg Doster • March 2, 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
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on February 2, 2022 a tweet
"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."
True
By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 an interview
In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”
True
By Lyle Muller • January 26, 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.”
Mostly True
January 21, 2022
Iowa Senate Democrats
Iowa Senate Democrats
stated on January 5, 2022 a statement on Facebook
Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, “failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.”
True
January 11, 2022
Abby Finkenauer
Abby Finkenauer
stated on December 9, 2021 a tweet
Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill.
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • December 17, 2021
Dave Loebsack
Dave Loebsack
stated on November 6, 2021 a tweet
Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are "denying rural Iowa broadband internet."
Half-True
November 22, 2021
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
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on November 5, 2021 a tweet
“Iowa ranks 45th in the U.S. for internet connectivity."
True
November 12, 2021
Randy Feenstra
Randy Feenstra
stated on October 5, 2021 a tweet
The Biden administration "published a study concluding 4 (of) 5 new cars on the road by 2050 will still require liquid fuels."
True
By Lyle Muller • October 28, 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
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 29, 2021 a speech
“It is a result of the $300 per month that working parents are now receiving for their young children that we have reduced childhood poverty in the United States by 50%.”
Half-True
September 15, 2021
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.”
Mostly True
August 6, 2021
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