Latest Fact-Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

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Kimberly Lightford
stated on May 15, 2020 in a TV interview:

The novel coronavirus was “man-made.”

False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 21, 2020

Darin LaHood
stated on May 1, 2020 in 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
stated on May 4, 2020 in 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
stated on April 7, 2020 in 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

JB Pritzker
stated on March 17, 2020 in 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
stated on March 3, 2020 in 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
stated on February 25, 2020 in 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
stated on February 14, 2020 in 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
stated on February 12, 2020 in 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
stated on January 29, 2020 in 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
stated on January 29, 2020 in 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
stated on January 18, 2020 in 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
stated on January 6, 2020 in 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
stated on December 11, 2019 in 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
stated on November 17, 2019 in 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
stated on December 3, 2019 in 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
stated on November 19, 2019 in 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

JB Pritzker
stated on October 31, 2019 in 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
stated on October 28, 2019 in 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
stated on October 22, 2019 in 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

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