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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Scott

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 28, 2024 a post on X
“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
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By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • August 29, 2024
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 a press release
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 8, 2019 a tweet
"Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US."  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2018 a letter
"For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities."  
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By Allison Graves • March 23, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 9, 2017 a Tampa news conference
"We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs."
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By Allison Graves • November 21, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 2, 2016 a press release
More than two months ago President Barack Obama signed a bill for more than $1 billion in Zika funding, but "the federal government has still only committed $7 million" to help Florida.
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By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address
"For the first time ever, we completely funded the critical needs waiting list so persons with unique abilities can get the help they need."
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By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address
"We have completely turned our economy around."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2015 an interview on Fox
The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.
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By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech
"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address
"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address
Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 a CNN debate
Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.
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By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a Telemundo debate
Says a bill he vetoed to give driver licenses to certain immigrants known as Dreamers would have changed "nothing."
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By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate
"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
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By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Miramar
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
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By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 1, 2014 a press statement
"Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida.
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By Amy Sherman • August 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 a campaign tweet
"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"
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By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders • May 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2014 an email from his campaign
"Charlie Crist signed into law an automatic 15 percent annual tuition increase that put college further out of reach for many Floridians."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 the State of the State speech
"Florida high schools are four out of the top 10 in the entire United States."
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By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2014
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