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Latest Fact-Checks In Iowa

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Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 5, 2020 in on 'The Ingraham Angle':
In Iowa, “they have allowed a little over 300 people to re-vote.”
Pants on Fire!
By Lyle Muller • November 6, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 30, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally:
Farm bankruptcies are “at an eight-year high.”
True
By Lyle Muller • October 31, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 22, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Joni Ernst “supports the lawsuit that’s headed to the Supreme Court that will” repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • October 31, 2020
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2020 in a debate:
“I have been very clear with DACA. Even in my campaign six years ago I stood for those Dreamers.”
Half-True
By Madison Black • October 29, 2020
Joni Ernst
stated on October 15, 2020 in comments at a debate:
Says she is ranked “one of the most bipartisan senators in the Senate in the last 25 years.”
Mostly True
By Rachel Schilke, Rylee Wilson • October 26, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 23, 2020 in a TV aad:
The estate tax “would punish family farms and small businesses, forcing them to be sold off instead of passed on to the next generation.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • July 23, 2020
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference:
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Ron McMullen
stated on June 23, 2020 in an op-ed:
Former U.S. Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was a slave owner married to one of his slaves and father of two children with her.
True
By Lyle Muller • July 8, 2020
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address:
Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
Mostly True
By Katie Ann McCarver • May 29, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
stated on May 18, 2020 in a debate:
“I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.”
Mostly True
By Caleb McCullough • May 28, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines:
“Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%.”
Mostly True
By Julia Shanahan • May 22, 2020
Iowa Democratic Party
stated on April 21, 2020 in an online statement:
Says Joni Ernst “claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.”
Half-True
By Sarah Watson • May 21, 2020
Jeff Shipley
stated on April 28, 2020 in a Tweet:
Young people “have a greater chance of being killed by the HPV vaccine than COVID-19.”
Pants on Fire!
By Rylee Wilson • May 12, 2020
Jack Whitver
stated on April 7, 2020 in an email newsletter:
Before COVID-19, “Iowa had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and many employers were scrambling to find qualified employees to fill their job openings.”
True
By Caleb McCullough • April 14, 2020
Brad Parscale
stated on February 25, 2020 in a Tweet:
“Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa – 32,389 Republicans.”
Half-True
By Rylee Wilson • March 20, 2020
Cory Booker
stated on January 9, 2020 in public comments:
National polls have “never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama — 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.”
True
By Brooklyn Draisey • February 6, 2020
Organizers for Bernie 2020
stated on February 4, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Democrats “blocked the Iowa poll” and “blocked the Iowa caucus.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 4, 2020
Charlie Kirk
stated on February 2, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “EIGHT Iowa counties have more adults registered to vote than voting-aged adults living there.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 3, 2020
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 in comments at a presidential debate:
“The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it.”
Mostly True
By Rylee Wilson • January 22, 2020
Jim Mowrer
stated on September 6, 2016 in In a television ad:
“After 9/11, Jim put us all first by serving for 23 months in Iraq, the war’s longest tour.”
Mostly False
By Brianne Pfannenstiel • September 9, 2016
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