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Latest Fact-Checks In Illinois

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 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 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 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 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
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV interview:
Illinois “got into fiscal problems because of a Republican governor who was governor there” before Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 8, 2020
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on April 7, 2020 remarks at a news conference:
“Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 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
Rush Darwish
Rush Darwish
stated on March 3, 2020 a tweet:
Says U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski “voted against the DREAM Act, supports separating families and banning Muslims.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 8, 2020
Quentin Fulks
Quentin Fulks
stated on February 25, 2020 a TV interview:
Says California has a top income tax rate of 13.3% “and people aren’t leaving.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 1, 2020
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski
stated on February 14, 2020 a TV interview:
Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 23, 2020
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on February 12, 2020 committee hearing remarks:
“We’ve also seen in the time that he’s (Donald Trump) been president, an increase in carbon emissions going absolutely in the wrong way.”
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 16, 2020
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 29, 2020 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
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
Bill Brady
Bill Brady
stated on January 18, 2020 a speech:
Says Oregon’s highest income tax bracket included anyone making more than $250,000 in 2012 before the state expanded its upper bracket to include "anyone making more than $125,000."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 26, 2020
Marie Newman
Marie Newman
stated on January 6, 2020 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
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on December 11, 2019 a Facebook livestream appearance:
"From 2000 to 2016, every major drug that was introduced came out of" National Institutes of Health funding.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 22, 2019
Dave Syverson
Dave Syverson
stated on November 17, 2019 a TV interview:
Says a proposed change to Illinois’ gambling law would result in "lower taxes paid to the state and higher taxes paid" to Chicago from a city casino so that the total amount would be the same, but the city would get to "keep more of it."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 15, 2019
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on December 3, 2019 a tweet:
Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has held numerous "invite-only" town halls.
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 5, 2019
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
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