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Adam Putnam

Adam Putnam lost the Republican primary for Florida governor to U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in 2018. A former Republican Congressman from Congressional District 12 in Central Florida, was elected Florida Commissioner of Agriculture on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014.

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Latest Fact-Checks Of Adam Putnam

Putnam ad exaggerates DeSantis votes on Social Security, Medicare
By Amy Sherman
August 9, 2018

"Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age."

Misleading Putnam ad twists DeSantis stance on taxes
By Katie Akin
July 27, 2018

"Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism"

Putnam parrots previous absurd claim on food stamps for illegal immigrants
By Amy Sherman, Lucia Geng, Katie Akin
June 29, 2018

Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."

Do Florida taxpayers pay tens of millions of dollars a year on undocumented immigrants in prison?
By Allison Graves
June 26, 2018

Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens."

How much money do welders, pipefitters make? Adam Putnam says it’s huge
By Allison Graves
May 10, 2018

"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."  

Does Andrew Gillum want to make Florida a sanctuary state?
By Allison Graves
December 6, 2017

Says Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum "wants to make Florida not a sanctuary city but a sanctuary state."  

Adam Putnam right about the demand for more nurses in Florida
By Allison Graves
November 8, 2017

"The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing."

Can noncitizens vote in San Francisco, Takoma Park elections?
By Miriam Valverde
September 15, 2017

San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."

Putnam wrongly says it’s unlawful for students to talk about tests with parents
By Allison Graves
September 7, 2017

"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they…

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By Molly Moorhead
October 31, 2012

An Obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to "offer them cell phones."

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