Matt Dietrich

Matt Dietrich

PolitiFact Illinois writer

Matt Dietrich is a reporter with the Better Government Association, a non-partisan government watchdog group in Chicago and a staff writer for Politifact Illinois. He helped establish PolitiFact Illinois in 2016 while editor of Reboot Illinois, a website focused on Illinois state government. An award-winning journalist, Dietrich is the former editorial page editor of the State Journal Register in Springfield. He believes in holding our politicians accountable. Read Dietrich’s take on the leadership vacuum that sent Illinois sinking. Follow him on Twitter at @aquavelvetman.

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Joe Berrios
Joe Berrios
stated on December 11, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"(Fritz) Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • December 29, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on December 4, 2017 in a press conference:
"The candidates controlled by Madigan, all of them have said, ‘The answer to our problems is a massive income tax hike.’ "
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • December 14, 2017
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on December 6, 2017 in a candidate forum:
"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
False
By Matt Dietrich • December 11, 2017
Daniel Biss
Daniel Biss
stated on November 27, 2017 in a tweet:
These guys are now pretty much living up to the @BruceRauner standard. And falling dismally short of the @MittRomney standard. Even Romney released his full tax returns.
True
By Matt Dietrich • December 4, 2017
Michael Madigan
Michael Madigan
stated on October 31, 2017 in a committee hearing:
"The Legislative Ethics Commission continues to function."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • November 9, 2017
Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
True
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on October 20, 2017 in a press conference:
"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 in a speech:
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 in a press conference:
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on October 2, 2017 in a press conference:
"I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country. That certainly hasn’t helped there."
Pants on Fire!
By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2017
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