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Sean Casten
stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 10, 2021
Rodney Davis
stated on July 27, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “office was calling the shots on all of their (Capitol security officials’) actions on Jan. 6.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 5, 2021
JB Pritzker
stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview:

“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 30, 2021
Terri Bryant
stated on July 13, 2021 in a radio interview:

“You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you’re eligible for Medicaid.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 20, 2021
Lori Lightfoot
stated on June 28, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 4, 2021
Rodney Davis
stated on June 21, 2021 in a press release:

“Prairie State power plant is the cleanest coal-fired power plant in the nation.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 27, 2021
JB Pritzker
stated on June 3, 2021 in a TV interview:

Illinois Republican lawmakers “have argued that they want an independent [redistricting] commission, but they didn't do anything about it.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 11, 2021
Robert Martwick
stated on May 10, 2021 in a podcast interview:

Opposition to having a fully elected Chicago Board of Education is in the “super minority.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 23, 2021
Richard Durbin
stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV interview:

“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 18, 2021
Mike Bost
stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview:

The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 21, 2021
JB Pritzker
stated on February 17, 2021 in a speech:

“For the month of February, Illinois has been the vaccination leader among the 10 most populous states in the country.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 25, 2021
Illinois Republican Party
stated on February 5, 2021 in social media posts:

“Pritzker’s Hierarchy of Vaccine Priorities” puts prisoners, politicians and college students ahead of “individuals with high-risk health factors, and everyone else.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2021
JB Pritzker
stated on November 17, 2020 in remarks at a news conference:

“Republican elected officials, a network of propaganda publications in the state and some radio shock jocks” were spreading “a lie” about his daughter breaking COVID-19 restrictions.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 6, 2020
JB Pritzker
stated on October 13, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Illinois has made a "nation-leading" investment in funding for Census outreach.

By Deborah Wilber • November 1, 2020
Jim Oberweis
stated on September 18, 2020 in an ad:

Says U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood described riots as “beautiful protests.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2020
Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment
stated on August 31, 2020 in an ad:

Approving the constitutional amendment on Illinois' November ballot “would let the politicians immediately implement their plan to increase taxes on small businesses, farmers and large employers.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2020
Peggy Hubbard
stated on September 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“BLM Activist kills three people in a Louisville bar wearing a Breonna Taylor tee shirt last Friday.”

By Monique Curet • September 30, 2020
Richard Durbin
stated on August 23, 2020 in a radio interview:

"We have a worse economy than any other country in the world that's going through COVID-19 by a factor of three."

By Deborah Wilber • September 27, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Feds Seize 19,888 Fake State Driver Licenses (Made in China) in Chicago O'Hare Airport - ALL Registered to Vote -- ALL Demorats!”

By Madison Czopek • September 9, 2020
Darin LaHood
stated on August 24, 2020 in a TV interview:

“The post office right now, this year, is operating with about a $12 billion surplus.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 6, 2020
Peggy Hubbard
stated on August 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The DNC omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance.”

By Daniel Funke • August 21, 2020
JB Pritzker
stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference:

When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 14, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:

An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times.

By Samantha Putterman • August 13, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme:

People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.”

By Daniel Funke • July 8, 2020
Illinois Rising Action
stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad:

“While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 3, 2020
Kimberly Lightford
stated on May 15, 2020 in a TV interview:

The novel coronavirus was “man-made.”

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."

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.

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."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 15, 2020