Statements we say are Pants on Fire!

Bruce Rauner

"Who’s really behind Jeanne Ives’ campaign for governor? Mike Madigan’s corrupt insider machine. They’ve bankrolled her campaign with thousands in shady labor union cash, turning Ives into another Madigan lackey."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Monday, March 5th, 2018

Bruce Rauner

"I have introduced balanced budgets every year that I’ve been governor."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Friday, February 2nd, 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

"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."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017

Bruce Rauner

"My grandparents were proud immigrants to the United States of America, here to Illinois in the late 1800s. My grandparents did not speak English when they were young."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Tuesday, September 5th, 2017

Bloggers

Said Vin Diesel declared his love of Rockford, Ill., after locals provided him car help and hospitality.

— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, April 13th, 2017

Bloggers

"Muslims get their way--Illinois will permit wearing burqas in driving licenses photos"

— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

Bruce Rauner

Says he presented "a balanced budget."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Katherine Cloonen

"Lindsay Parkhurst wants to take away programs like Social Security and Medicare that seniors have earned throughout their lifetimes."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, October 13th, 2016