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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Allison Tant
Allison Tant
stated on July 15, 2015 a press release
Says Carlos Lopez-Cantera "even voiced enthusiastic support for bringing an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida, calling the measure 'common sense.’"  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 16, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush "appointed a guardian for the fetus of a rape survivor."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a roundtable in New Hampshire
"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Day dinner
"One person has been fired" at the Veterans Administration for withholding services.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2015
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 a column on Medium
Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 20, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview in Washington, D.C.
"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 16, 2015 an email to constituents
"Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2015
Brook Hines
Brook Hines
stated on April 6, 2015 an online op-ed column
Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has "sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2015
Florida News Flash
Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 a website headline
"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
stated on March 16, 2015 Florida Senate higher education committee hearing
"According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2015
H. Marlene O'Toole
H. Marlene O'Toole
stated on March 12, 2015 House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing
The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 a CPAC appearance
Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015
Drug Policy Alliance
Drug Policy Alliance
stated on February 19, 2015 an article in Politico
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 26, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 a headline on DownTrend.com
"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 a radio interview
ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 an interview with CNN
One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Steve Contorno • February 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 23, 2015 an interview with reporters at her ceremonial swearing in event in Fort Lauderdale
Says Marco Rubio "was for immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship before he was against it."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad
Says he "balanced the budget without raising taxes."
Mostly False
By Richard Danielson • January 16, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad
Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation."
Mostly False
By Richard Danielson • January 15, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 6, 2015 his second inaugural address
"Estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 8, 2015
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