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PolitiFact Florida helps you find the truth in Florida politics. Reporters and researchers examine statements by Florida elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter. PolitiFact Florida is a partnership of the Poynter Institute, WLRN and NBC 6.

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True
0% 201 Checks
Mostly True
0% 362 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 402 Checks
False
0% 409 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 126 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Florida

Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”
Mostly True
January 28, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 in a press conference:
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
False
January 7, 2026
stated on November 6, 2025 in X post:
“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Mostly False
November 14, 2025
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 15, 2025 in a speech:
In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences.
Mostly True
October 30, 2025
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview:
“About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
Mostly True
October 22, 2025
stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post:
Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
Mostly True
October 20, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post:
Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
False
October 8, 2025
stated on September 3, 2025 in a press conference:
Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.”
Pants on Fire!
September 4, 2025
stated on August 24, 2025 in an X post:
The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.
False
September 2, 2025
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”
False
July 28, 2025
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