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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2025 an X post:
Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
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By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 9, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 4, 2024 an X post:
“Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 9, 2024
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 31, 2023 an X post:
Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.
False
By Sara Swann • October 31, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 an ad:
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 26, 2023 a page about elections in his Rescue America plan:
Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 30, 2022 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2022 a television interview:
Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 15, 2022 a statement to reporters:
"The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”
False
By Bill McCarthy, Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 5, 2021 a tweet:
"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 30, 2021 a press release:
Says Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 4, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 a television interview:
Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 a TV ad in Iowa:
"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 a speech:
Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 an Orlando Sentinel op-ed:
The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 a tweet:
"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 an ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.
False
By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 30, 2018 a press release:
Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages."
False
By Allison Graves • May 4, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2016 a Facebook post:
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 29, 2016
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