Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Andrew Gillum at Tiger Bay

Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum overcounts campaign donors

June 14, 2017

Says his campaign has received donations from "more than 7,000 contributors."

Land and Ocean Temperature departure 2017 NOAA graphic

Warmest year on record a hoax because of margin of error? That’s wrong

June 9, 2017

"Every single year that there's an increase (in temperature) it's within the margin of error -- meaning it isn't increasing."

Palin pic

Sarah Palin Facebook meme on climate accord uses unrelated photo of Florida House

June 7, 2017

Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.  

Al Gore finger up

Al Gore says ’70 percent of Florida is in drought today’

June 5, 2017

"70 percent of Florida is in drought today."

Chris King at a podium

Fact-check: Does the GOP health care bill mean steep increases for seniors?

June 2, 2017

Says a Congressional Budget Office report found low-income seniors in Florida will face "800 percent premium increases" under the American Health Care Act.

Samantha Bee Full Frontal May 10, 2017

Samantha Bee says buying weed, tampering with an odometer or a lobster trap are felonies

May 25, 2017

"In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break."

Desmond Meade better screengrab Sam Bee

Driving with suspended license can lead to loss of voting rights for felon, advocate says

May 25, 2017

"You could lose your rights for life over something as simple as driving with a suspended license" in Florida.

American Action Network ad screengrab May 23, 2017

Conservative group’s ad misleads about pre-existing conditions in GOP health care bill

May 24, 2017

Under the American Health Care Act "people with pre-existing conditions are protected."

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach at desk

Trump’s commission vice chair Kris Kobach says immigration data not bounced against voter rolls

May 23, 2017

The Department of Homeland Security’s database of legal immigrants has "never" been "bounced against a state’s voter rolls."

Richard Corcoran

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran misleads about education legislation negotiations

May 17, 2017

It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."

Carlos Curbelo

GOP health care bill charges five times more for people over 50, liberal group says

May 11, 2017

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."

Tom Price in Rose Garden after AHCA vote may 4.

Tom Price misleads on Obamacare tax penalty

May 8, 2017

"We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense, I’m not going to participate in…

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