Latest Fact-Checks In Iowa

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Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 30, 2020 comments at a campaign rally
Farm bankruptcies are "at an eight-year high."
True
By Lyle Muller • October 31, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 22, 2020 a tweet
Says Joni Ernst "supports the lawsuit that's headed to the Supreme Court that will” repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • October 31, 2020
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2020 a debate
“I have been very clear with DACA. Even in my campaign six years ago I stood for those Dreamers.”
Half-True
October 29, 2020
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on October 15, 2020 comments at a debate
Says she is ranked "one of the most bipartisan senators in the Senate in the last 25 years."
Mostly True
By Rachel Schilke, Rylee Wilson • October 26, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 23, 2020 a TV aad
The estate tax "would punish family farms and small businesses, forcing them to be sold off instead of passed on to the next generation.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • July 23, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 at a press conference
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Ron McMullen
Ron McMullen
stated on June 23, 2020 an op-ed
Former U.S. Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was a slave owner married to one of his slaves and father of two children with her.
True
By Lyle Muller • July 8, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 14, 2020 the Condition of the State address
Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
Mostly True
By Katie Ann McCarver • May 29, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on May 18, 2020 a debate
“I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.”
Mostly True
By Caleb McCullough • May 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 remarks at a public event in Des Moines
"Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."
Mostly True
May 22, 2020
Iowa Democratic Party
Iowa Democratic Party
stated on April 21, 2020 an online statement
Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.”
Half-True
May 21, 2020
Jeff Shipley
Jeff Shipley
stated on April 28, 2020 a Tweet
Young people "have a greater chance of being killed by the HPV vaccine than COVID-19.”
Pants on Fire!
By Rylee Wilson • May 12, 2020
Jack Whitver
Jack Whitver
stated on April 7, 2020 an email newsletter
Before COVID-19, “Iowa had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and many employers were scrambling to find qualified employees to fill their job openings.”
True
By Caleb McCullough • April 14, 2020
Brad Parscale
Brad Parscale
stated on February 25, 2020 a Tweet
“Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa - 32,389 Republicans.”
Half-True
By Rylee Wilson • March 20, 2020
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on January 9, 2020 public comments
National polls have “never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama — 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.”
True
By Brooklyn Draisey • February 6, 2020
Organizers for Bernie 2020
Organizers for Bernie 2020
stated on February 4, 2020 a tweet
Says Democrats "blocked the Iowa poll" and "blocked the Iowa caucus."
False
February 4, 2020
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on February 2, 2020 a tweet
Says "EIGHT Iowa counties have more adults registered to vote than voting-aged adults living there.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 3, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 comments at a presidential debate
"The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it."
Mostly True
By Rylee Wilson • January 22, 2020
Jim Mowrer
Jim Mowrer
stated on September 6, 2016 In a television ad
"After 9/11, Jim put us all first by serving for 23 months in Iraq, the war’s longest tour."
Mostly False
By Brianne Pfannenstiel • September 9, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech
"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016
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