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Latest Fact-Checks By Joshua Gillin

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Stacy White
Stacy White
stated on June 2, 2016 a Hillsborough County Commission meeting
Says it's not true that Florida black bears are an "apex predator."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 8, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 16, 2016 a tweet
Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 3, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Vote No On 2
Vote No On 2
stated on May 16, 2016 a video
"Amendment 2 will put almost 2,000 pot shops in Florida ... more pot shops than Walmart and Walgreens combined."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 19, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 a fundraising email
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 a press release
Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
False
By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
Under a new federal regulation, it will cost Pinellas County "$31 million to fix a single ditch."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 9, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 2, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump "brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace Americans."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • May 6, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
"There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 3, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • April 28, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
Says he "was the only Republican" to vote against creating a House panel to investigate Planned Parenthood.
True
By Joshua Gillin • April 26, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2016 a press release
"Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • April 25, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 5, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
In every ethics case that has resulted in a formal sanction, "there's been an investigative subcommittee that's been established first."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 13, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 4, 2016 a statement on his campaign website
Race to the Top grants "require participating states to adopt the Common Core standards as a condition for receiving federal funding."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2016
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with Rick Scott at Starbucks
Says Rick Scott "cut Medicaid" so people can't "get Obamacare."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2016
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 23, 2016 a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing
"Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • April 4, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
"Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 31, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a press conference
"Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. It's never happened before."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2016
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on March 11, 2016 Florida Senate floor debate
"We were able to provide $428 million worth of property tax relief."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 17, 2016
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