Jeanne Ives's file

Republican from Illinois

Jeanne Ives is a former three-term Republican state representative from Wheaton, Ill. She unsuccessfully challenged former Gov. Bruce Rauner in Illinois' 2018 Republican primary election.

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Her own evidence contradicts this

Jeanne Ives

Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has held numerous "invite-only" town halls.

— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, December 5th, 2019

Sanguinetti is on the record opposing Rauner's move

Jeanne Ives

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.

— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Earlier months, sure. But not all nine.

Jeanne Ives

"Rauner made you pay for abortions in all nine months of pregnancy."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Monday, February 12th, 2018

Statements don't match

Jeanne Ives

Says President Barack Obama advocated "fathers in the home" as the solution to gun violence.

— PolitiFact Illinois on Friday, January 26th, 2018

True, but there's more to the story

Jeanne Ives

"Germany managed to increase its use of renewables and its output of carbon dioxide at the same time -- because it resorted to cheap coal to keep the lights on at a price its people could afford."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, December 15th, 2016