Latest Fact Checks By Joshua Gillin

Patrick Murphy supports GOP in most key votes, strategist writes

By Joshua Gillin

April 9, 2015

Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has "sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats."

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SunTrust bank closed Brooksville shop’s accounts for selling guns, website says

By Joshua Gillin

April 8, 2015

"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."

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In debate on school gun bill, a legislator says there have been ‘zero’ fatal school fires in U.S.

By Amy Sherman , Joshua Gillin

April 6, 2015

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

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School uniforms improve school safety and truancy, Rep. Janet Adkins says

By Joshua Gillin

April 2, 2015

A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."

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Defense spending has dropped 21 percent since 2010, Rubio says

By Joshua Gillin

March 30, 2015

"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by…

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Koch-backed group says Georgia solar policies cost more

By Joshua Gillin

March 24, 2015

Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."

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Teen alcohol abuse in Florida has dropped by double digits, advocate says

By Joshua Gillin

March 18, 2015

The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.

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Jeb Bush edited his own emails, says liberal PAC

By Joshua Gillin

March 13, 2015

"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."

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Florida has more black, Hispanic university students after ending affirmative action, Jeb Bush says

By Joshua Gillin

March 11, 2015

Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.

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Federal judge called Obama immigration action ‘unconstitutional,’ David Jolly says

By Joshua Gillin

March 5, 2015

A federal judge said President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is "unconstitutional."

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Rick Scott says he cut taxes ‘more than 40 times’

By Joshua Gillin

March 3, 2015

"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."

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Rick Scott calls proposed per pupil spending ‘historic’

By Joshua Gillin

March 3, 2015

Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."

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