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Latest Fact-Checks By Katie Sanders

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Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on October 25, 2013 comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
The average fast food worker is 29, and most fast food workers "are on some form of public assistance."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on November 3, 2013 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
"Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 3, 2013
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on October 21, 2013 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
"The IRS has been specifically forbidden ...  from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don’t purchase health insurance.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 25, 2013
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on October 15, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 debate
"Unemployment in the city of St. Petersburg is below the state average."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on October 15, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times/mayoral debate
"Unfortunately, since Mr. Foster's been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of St. Petersburg than there were prior to his taking office."
False
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2013
Fact Check Florida
Fact Check Florida
stated on October 11, 2013 a flier
A $10 million fire fee proposal in St. Petersburg was "inspired" by Gov. Rick Scott.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • October 14, 2013
Chris Latvala
Chris Latvala
stated on October 9, 2013 a tweet
"Many don’t know that Bill Young was once the minority leader in the Florida Senate...because he was the only Republican senator."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 9, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 22, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times op-ed
"Today many Florida teachers are at risk of having their pay impacted by the performance of children who are not even in their classrooms or subject areas."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 18, 2013 a conversation with workers
"You have to get a license to fish on our beaches."
True
By Katie Sanders • September 23, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on September 10, 2013 a mayoral forum
"Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so they've got a much bigger problem than we do."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on September 10, 2013 at Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon
"One out of every three students currently today is ready for college before they go there."
False
By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit
"We will have the highest general revenue in state history next year. Conservative pro-growth policies work in our state."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 13, 2013 a radio interview
Says President Barack Obama could "basically" legalize all immigrants here illegally "by the sign of a pen."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • August 22, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 6, 2013 a mayoral forum
"For anybody who's trying to cross the street and has seen those signs that say you have to stop when pedestrians are in the crosswalk, that was a bill that I passed."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Katie Sanders • August 13, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on August 6, 2013 a mayoral forum
Says that while Foster was mayor, Rick Kriseman was "ineffective" in the Florida House of Representatives because "there was no legislation that passed the House that had (Kriseman’s) name on it."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Katie Sanders • August 13, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on August 6, 2013 a mayoral debate
"There is no planned air-conditioned restaurant out on the Lens."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 8, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 28, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times questionnaire
"The fact is that red light cameras change driver behavior and cut down on the most dangerous types of accidents."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • August 1, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 25, 2013 a newspaper ad
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 26, 2013
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 21, 2013 Instagram posts
Dozens of artists, including Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Rihanna, are canceling Florida shows like Stevie Wonder in protest of  "stand your ground."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 23, 2013
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