Latest Fact-Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

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Mark Batinick
stated on October 8, 2019 in 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
stated on September 25, 2019 in 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
stated on September 23, 2019 in 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
stated on September 24, 2019 in a speech:

"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."

Mostly True

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019

Tammy Duckworth
stated on September 16, 2019 in 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
stated on August 30, 2019 in 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
stated on August 18, 2019 in 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
stated on August 9, 2019 in a TV interview:

"97% of murders occur with handguns."

Mostly False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 15, 2019

Jeanne Ives
stated on July 26, 2019 in 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
stated on July 11, 2019 in 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

Kevin Graham
stated on June 21, 2019 in 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
stated on June 18, 2019 in 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
stated on June 3, 2019 in 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
stated on May 30, 2019 in 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
stated on May 22, 2019 in 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

JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 in a speech:

Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.

Half-True

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019

Kelly Cassidy
stated on May 4, 2019 in press conference remarks:

"In states that have legalized (recreational marijuana), you see steady decreases in youth use if you do it right."

Mostly False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 12, 2019

Dale Righter
stated on April 29, 2019 in a TV interview:

"The last time Illinois raised the minimum wage in 2006, the very next year this state lost 50,000 jobs. The prediction this time is, we’ll lose 90,000 jobs."

False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 5, 2019

Marie Newman
stated on April 24, 2019 in a radio interview:

"We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck."

Half-True

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 28, 2019

Think Big Illinois
stated on April 16, 2019 in an ad:

"In almost every state with an income tax, wealthy people pay a higher tax rate than the middle class."

Mostly False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 21, 2019

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