Latest Fact Checks By Joshua Gillin

High schoolers had to recite Islamic prayer in class, make prayer rugs as homework, websites say

By Joshua Gillin

February 24, 2015

"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."

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Rubio falsely claims that ISIS is the ‘predominant’ group in Benghazi

By Joshua Gillin

February 19, 2015

ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."

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Insured people pay ‘about $2,000’ for uninsured hospital stays, Florida chamber says

By Joshua Gillin

January 28, 2015

"Insured Floridians pay about $2,000 for every hospital stay to cover the cost of the uninsured."

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‘America is No. 1 in wind power,’ Obama says

By Joshua Gillin

January 21, 2015

"America is No. 1 in wind power."

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‘Home sales are up nearly 50 percent’ from the worst of the housing crisis, Obama says

By Joshua Gillin

January 21, 2015

"Today, home sales are up nearly 50 percent from where they were in the worst of the crisis."

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Obama claims U.S. has doubled production of ‘clean energy’

By Joshua Gillin

January 20, 2015

"We’ve doubled the production of clean energy."

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Six federal agencies must review Florida natural gas pipeline, Rubio says

By Joshua Gillin

January 12, 2015

A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."

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People moved $2 trillion worth of income to escape high taxes, Scott says

By Joshua Gillin

January 8, 2015

"Estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income."

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Does Yoho’s bill restrict background checks on immigrants?

By Joshua Gillin

December 16, 2014

A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants.

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Thrasher says he has ‘never received any contributions from the Koch brothers’

By Joshua Gillin

November 19, 2014

Says he has "never received any contributions from the Koch brothers."

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Medical marijuana amendment was more popular than winning governors, group says

By Joshua Gillin

November 13, 2014

Amendment 2 on medical marijuana won a higher percentage of the vote than the last six Florida governors, including Jeb Bush’s 2002 landslide.

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U.S. is the least socially and economically mobile in developed world, says Jeb Bush

By Joshua Gillin

November 6, 2014

"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."

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