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Latest Fact-Checks On Marco Rubio

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 11, 2024 an interview with Fox News:
“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2024
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 14, 2022 an ad:
Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2022
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 6, 2021 a tweet:
In rejecting his amendment, “Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview:
"Close to half of the voters in America, the only tax they pay is the payroll tax."
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By Allison Graves • November 28, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:
"In about three weeks over a half million Floridians are going to lose their coverage again" through Obamacare.
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By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 the GOP primary debate in Texas:
Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • February 26, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 a web video:
"People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 26, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
"Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 16, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The states have always defined marriage."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 13, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 30, 2015 remarks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa:
North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."
Half-True
By Jason Noble • November 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN:
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate:
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2015 an op-ed in Breitbart:
"Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • October 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 4, 2015 an interview with Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention:
"A minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process."  
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 10, 2015 a USA Today op-ed:
"There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.  
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By Kirby Wilson • June 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board:
"I'm running for office with much more experience and qualifications than Barack Obama had when he ran."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 29, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 8, 2014 a news release:
The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official."
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By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2014
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