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
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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