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PolitiFact Illinois correspondent

Anna Bruzgulis is a graduate of the University of Chicago where she studied political science. Previously, she worked as a PunditFact intern based in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Featured Statements

Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 in In a tweet :

"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."

By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
stated on November 15, 2016 in Interview with Bill Kurtis :

[Chicago is the] only city in the United States, you get a B average in high school, community college is free.

By Anna Bruzgulis • December 28, 2016
Brad Schneider
stated on September 16, 2016 in a campaign tweet:

Says Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold "continues to side with his Republican leadership and the NRA in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list."

By Anna Bruzgulis • October 18, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China."

By Anna Bruzgulis • November 11, 2015
Ben Carson
stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:

"In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin."

By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2015
Rafael Cruz
stated on July 31, 2015 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman:

"Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools."

By Anna Bruzgulis • August 10, 2015
Sandra Smith
stated on July 28, 2015 in an interview with Mike Huckabee:

"Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions."

By Anna Bruzgulis • August 4, 2015
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":

Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 30, 2015
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on July 26, 2015 in a pundit panel segment on "Meet the Press":

"The majority of the Hispanic population and the growth (of the population) is U.S.-born."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 29, 2015
Occupy Democrats
stated on July 17, 2015 in a meme on Facebook:

"House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 28, 2015

Top fact-checks from the GOP debate in Milwaukee

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 13, 2015
Fact-checking the Republican Fox Business Network debate

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 11, 2015
Jindal tries for GOP nod from back of the pack

By April Hunt • September 14, 2015
PolitiFact Sheet: 6 things to know about the Iran nuclear deal

By Linda Qiu • September 8, 2015
20 fact-checks from the Republican debate in Cleveland

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2015
PunditFact previews the Aug. 9 news shows

By Anna Bruzgulis • August 7, 2015
17 candidates, 2 debates, 1 Donald Trump and plenty to fact-check

By Aaron Sharockman • August 7, 2015
17 candidates, 2 debates, 1 Donald Trump and plenty to fact-check

By Aaron Sharockman • August 7, 2015
PolitiFact: Live fact-checking the Cleveland GOP debate

By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2015
PolitiFact Sheet: 8 things to know about the Planned Parenthood controversy

By Will Cabaniss • August 5, 2015