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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 a press release
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2021 a Facebook post
"Nancy Pelosi just bought a 11,000 square foot $25 million mansion in Florida."
False
By Andy Nguyen • November 29, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 a press release headline
An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2021 an Instagram post
A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 5, 2021
Roger Stone
Roger Stone
stated on October 31, 2021 a Gab post
“There are over 1 million phantom voters on the Florida voter rolls.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2021 a Facebook post
The remains of Brian Laundrie that were discovered in Florida belong to a twin.
False
October 26, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 20, 2021 an Instagram post
“So now if you don’t comply” and get a COVID-19 vaccination, and you’re on “Social Security or disability, you won’t be able to receive your money.”
False
October 21, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 10, 2021 an Instagram post
"The media is pretty quiet about Florida's decline in COVID cases. No mask mandates or vaccine mandates."
Mostly False
October 15, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on October 10, 2021 a tweet
“Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 11, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 5, 2021 a tweet
"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 23, 2021 an op-ed
“Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 13, 2021 remarks at an event in Gainesville, Fla.
People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 8, 2021 a Facebook post
"Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."
False
September 13, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 28, 2021 a Facebook post
Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.
False
September 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 31, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 31 blocked members of Congress from reading aloud on the House floor the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan.
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • September 9, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 5, 2021 an Instagram post
Photo shows a Chinese restaurant sign that says “F--- DeSantis.”
Pants on Fire!
September 9, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 18, 2021 in a photo in a reddit thread
A photo shows two COVID-19 patients lying on the floor awaiting treatment in Florida.
True
By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2021
Democratic Underground
Democratic Underground
stated on August 17, 2021 an Instagram post
“The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.”
Mostly False
August 19, 2021
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Viral image
stated on August 8, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”
False
August 11, 2021
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