Latest Fact-Checks In Illinois

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JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 31, 2019 an interview
"Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2019 a speech
"Over the last two years, the number of murders in America and America’s major cities has dropped, unlike here (Chicago), by more than 10%."
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 29, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on October 22, 2019 remarks at a committee hearing
Says that in Illinois, "fewer than 20% of those actually deported have been charged with any serious crime."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 27, 2019
Mark Batinick
Mark Batinick
stated on October 8, 2019 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
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on September 25, 2019 remarks at a town hall
"Teachers in Chicago Public Schools are paid some of the highest compensation of any school system in the country."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on September 23, 2019 a speech
Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 24, 2019 a speech
"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on September 16, 2019 a tweet
Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 20, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on August 30, 2019 an interview
"We’ve got 600-plus police and fire pensions Downstate that are on the cusp of insolvency because they don’t have the revenues that they need to be able to keep those pensions going."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 8, 2019
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on August 18, 2019 a campaign email
"Most climate scientists agree that we only have less than a decade to turn things around or else we’ll be stuck with a 'worst case scenario' including rising sea levels, devastating droughts, and worsening famines."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2019
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on August 9, 2019 a TV interview
"97% of murders occur with handguns."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 15, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 6, 2019 a tweet
"Chicago experienced its deadliest weekend of the year...With 7 dead and 52 wounded near a playground."
Mostly False
By Duncan Agnew • August 7, 2019
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on July 26, 2019 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
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on July 11, 2019 a speech
Says President Trump "has ended up attracting larger numbers of people coming to the United States presenting themselves for asylum status at our border than we’ve ever seen."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 28, 2019
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on July 8, 2019 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
Kevin Graham
Kevin Graham
stated on June 21, 2019 in an interview
Says the U.S. Department of Justice has "seen in the past" that police department "consent decrees don’t work, that there’s very little change, that oftentimes immediately after a consent decree goes into effect, crime actually goes up."
Mostly False
By Duncan Agnew, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 30, 2019
Bill Brady
Bill Brady
stated on June 18, 2019 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
Jim Durkin
Jim Durkin
stated on June 3, 2019 a radio interview
"There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 16, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on May 30, 2019 a TV interview
Says there were "rumors floating around" that Chicago police union officials were "telling their officers, ‘don’t do anything. Over Memorial Day weekend, don’t intercede. If you see some criminal activity, just lay back, do nothing.’"
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 9, 2019
Mike Murphy
Mike Murphy
stated on May 22, 2019 remarks during a press conference
Says when New York "implemented a program" to tax the wealthy at higher rates it saw a revenue shortfall "because of the outward migration of their top earners."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 30, 2019
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