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Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on December 3, 2013 a Web video
Says state Sens. Greg Evers, Nancy Detert and Charles Dean "got a failing grade from conservatives."
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • January 28, 2014
Florida for All
Florida for All
stated on January 20, 2014
"Rick Scott’s Administration spent over $100,000 of taxpayer money during their first voter purge attempt in 2012."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2014
Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Miami-Dade Chapter
Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Miami-Dade Chapter
stated on January 16, 2014
In 2011, Carlos López-Cantera "staunchly supported" a Florida bill modeled after Arizona’s immigration law
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 21, 2014
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on January 6, 2014 comments at a public form
"I have never lobbied for offshore oil drilling."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2014
Kathleen Peters
Kathleen Peters
stated on January 8, 2014 a campaign mailer
"When I was Mayor of South Pasadena, we actually reduced the property taxes we collected."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 2, 2014 comments on her show
The Foundation for Government Accountability, which supported a Florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a "Koch brothers affiliated group."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • January 9, 2014
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on December 13, 2013 David Jolly in a mailer to 13th Congressional District voters
"Kathleen Peters refuses to ‘take a stand’ to repeal Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • December 27, 2013
Ken Hagan
Ken Hagan
stated on December 16, 2013 an interview with the 'Tampa Bay Times'
Studies suggest the 2017 College Football Playoff Championship game will bring about 1,700 to 1,800 full-time jobs.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • December 20, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on December 17, 2013 a Facebook post
"Florida has experienced positive job growth for 39 consecutive months."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 19, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on December 11, 2013 an online video
Gov. Rick Scott "backed the federal shutdown."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 18, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 15, 2013 a news release about Florida's tourism statistics
Florida "remains the top travel destination across the world."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2013
Larry Ashley
Larry Ashley
stated on November 7, 2013 a Florida House criminal justice subcommittee hearing
"Florida sheriffs unequivocally support" the "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2013
Frank Fahrenkopf
Frank Fahrenkopf
stated on October 19, 2013 an opinion piece in the "Miami Herald"
"The majority of people travelling to these destination resorts are not going for the primary purpose of gambling."   
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • November 12, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 30, 2013 a YouTube attack ad
Says Alex Sink supported "a $5.2 billion increase in Florida's debt."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 7, 2013
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on October 1, 2013 a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale
"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."  
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • October 29, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor."
In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2013
Tim Curtis
Tim Curtis
stated on October 15, 2013 a meeting about Common Core in Tampa
Common Core means "there are over 300 data elements the government is going to be collecting about your children and about you."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2013
Citizens for Fairness
Citizens for Fairness
stated on October 9, 2013 in a campaign mailer
Amanda Murphy has "two vacation homes around the world."
Mostly False
By Rich Shopes • October 12, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 9, 2013 a campaign mailer
Bill Gunter would "drain millions from local public schools, and give our tax dollars to private, for-profit schools run by out-of-state corporations."
Mostly False
By Rich Shopes • October 12, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 20, 2013 a press release
"The American people support defunding Obamacare and oppose shutting down the government."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2013
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