Latest Fact-checks by Analisa Trofimuk Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Greg Abbott stated on May 25, 2022 in a press conference: "We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis." Keith Pekau stated on April 11, 2022 in in a campaign advertisement: We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years. Mary Miller stated on April 8, 2022 in a tweet: The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible." Tammy Duckworth stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet: “An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That’s how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color.” Richard Irvin stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: "In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%." Blaine Wilhour stated on February 9, 2022 in a press conference: "There is absolutely no observed or clinical data that indicates any benefit whatsoever to masking K-12 students in schools." JB Pritzker stated on February 2, 2022 in the 2022 State of the State address.: “A larger percentage of Illinoisans have been vaccinated than in any other Midwestern state.” Lori Lightfoot stated on December 31, 2021 in a year-end press release.: "Chicago maintained the lowest unemployment rate through most of 2021 of any large American city."
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Greg Abbott stated on May 25, 2022 in a press conference: "We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis." Keith Pekau stated on April 11, 2022 in in a campaign advertisement: We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years. Mary Miller stated on April 8, 2022 in a tweet: The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible." Tammy Duckworth stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet: “An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That’s how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color.” Richard Irvin stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: "In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%." Blaine Wilhour stated on February 9, 2022 in a press conference: "There is absolutely no observed or clinical data that indicates any benefit whatsoever to masking K-12 students in schools." JB Pritzker stated on February 2, 2022 in the 2022 State of the State address.: “A larger percentage of Illinoisans have been vaccinated than in any other Midwestern state.” Lori Lightfoot stated on December 31, 2021 in a year-end press release.: "Chicago maintained the lowest unemployment rate through most of 2021 of any large American city."
Greg Abbott stated on May 25, 2022 in a press conference: "We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."
Keith Pekau stated on April 11, 2022 in in a campaign advertisement: We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years.
Mary Miller stated on April 8, 2022 in a tweet: The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible."
Tammy Duckworth stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet: “An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That’s how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color.”
Richard Irvin stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: "In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%."
Blaine Wilhour stated on February 9, 2022 in a press conference: "There is absolutely no observed or clinical data that indicates any benefit whatsoever to masking K-12 students in schools."
JB Pritzker stated on February 2, 2022 in the 2022 State of the State address.: “A larger percentage of Illinoisans have been vaccinated than in any other Midwestern state.”
Lori Lightfoot stated on December 31, 2021 in a year-end press release.: "Chicago maintained the lowest unemployment rate through most of 2021 of any large American city."
