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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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X posts
stated on August 11, 2022 a tweet
Video shows Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity
False
By Yacob Reyes • August 15, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 4, 2022 interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News
The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
False
August 12, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2022 a press conference
"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • August 10, 2022
Kat Cammack
Kat Cammack
stated on July 21, 2022 a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
“In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.”
False
By Julie Rovner • August 4, 2022
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2022 a campaign ad
Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'"
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 26, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 a campaign ad
Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on July 13, 2022 a campaign ad
Sen. Marco Rubio has "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
Mostly True
By Yacob Reyes • July 14, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 29, 2022 a tweet
"Ron DeSantis still hasn't condemned the Jan. 6 insurrection."
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 12, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 30, 2022 a press release
The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory.
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 8, 2022
Stephen King
Stephen King
stated on July 6, 2022 a tweet
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.”
False
By Grace Abels • July 7, 2022
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on June 28, 2022 a campaign ad
“Charlie Crist is pro-life.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 5, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on June 7, 2022 a podcast episode
“Bennie Thompson actively cheer-led riots in the ’90s.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • June 13, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 30, 2022 a Facebook post
"Florida man on drugs kills imaginary friend and turns himself in.”
Pants on Fire!
By Yacob Reyes • June 1, 2022
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 25, 2022 an interview on CNN
“There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • May 27, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2022 a Facebook post
“Florida Highway Patrol has a semi-truck … The FHP uses a fleet of three such ‘hidden in plain sight’ trucks to snitch on bad drivers.”
Mostly True
By Yacob Reyes • May 26, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 4, 2022 a press conference
“It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • May 16, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 8, 2022 a tweet
“Is ANYONE asking how Ron DeSantis was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million?"
False
By Yacob Reyes • May 12, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 29, 2022 a press conference
“The student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • May 5, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 21, 2022 a Facebook post
“DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!”
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 27, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 12, 2022 an interview
Says he has “always” believed “in a woman’s right to choose.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 22, 2022
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