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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut "Bright Futures scholarships in half."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie Crist "voted against raising the minimum wage."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 17, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 2, 2014 a tweet:
"Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 1, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott "cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on April 9, 2014 a website post:
"Light rail does not reduce congestion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 3, 2014
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 13, 2014 his campaign website:
"Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2014
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on May 27, 2014 a news release:
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet:
41,200 veterans in Florida "don’t have health care because Scott didn’t expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 the group's website:
A proposed amendment "allows a teenager to get a recommendation for medical marijuana without the consent of a parent."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 a campaign tweet:
"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders • May 21, 2014
Matt Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
stated on April 30, 2014 a Florida House discussion of SB 392:
There is no "incontrovertible proof that speed, in and of itself, is the contributing factor to increasing (vehicular) fatalities."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 12, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 a post on his campaign website:
Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2014
Annette Taddeo
Annette Taddeo
stated on April 21, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:
"Over 20 percent of the electorate is Hispanic" in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 28, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 11, 2014 a speech:
The U.S. Justice Department has "taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2014
Broward County Police Benevolent Association
Broward County Police Benevolent Association
stated on April 15, 2014 a billboard:
"Hollywood is #1 in Broward homicides in 2013. Thanks Chief Fernandez!"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 22, 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."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 2014
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on March 19, 2014 a letter to supporters:
For educational testing, Florida "has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 24, 2014
Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote
stated on March 11, 2014 a tweet:
Says 50 percent of millennials don’t associate with "any political party."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on CNN:
The economic "turnaround started at the end of my term."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2014
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on February 27, 2014 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times":
About half the people who would qualify for Medicaid expansion in Florida "can buy a health care plan for $30 a month" on the federal health care exchange.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Steve Contorno • March 7, 2014
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