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Latest Fact-Checks By Katie Sanders

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver:
Massachusetts schools "are ranked No. 1 of all 50 states."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate in Denver:
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate:
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on September 17, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Daniel Webster "used taxpayer funds to build a lobbyist lounge."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 28, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper advertisement:
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."
False
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 an anti-Nelson mailer:
Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, "who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 26, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 13, 2012 an Enterprise Florida meeting:
The significant drop in Florida’s unemployment rate is a good economic sign.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders, Toluse Olorunnipa • September 17, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 20, 2012 a television ad:
After hearing "the frustrations parents and teachers have with the FCAT," next year "we begin improving our testing system."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • September 14, 2012
Kal Penn
Kal Penn
stated on September 4, 2012 his Democratic National Convention speech:
Says Obama doubled funding for the Pell Grant.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
Mitt Romney "said it was 'tragic' to end the war in Iraq."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • September 7, 2012
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 6, 2012 a Democratic National Convention speech:
"Jeb Bush recently noted, Reagan himself would have been too moderate, too reasonable for today's GOP."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • September 7, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 his Democratic National Convention speech:
The stimulus program "cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on September 5, 2012 a Democratic National Convention speech:
Women "receive only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the RNC:
The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa "than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
In his first TV interview as president, Obama said we "should talk to Iran."
True
By Katie Sanders • August 31, 2012
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on August 27, 2012 a CNN interview:
Says women care most about jobs and the economy
True
By Katie Sanders • August 29, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 a campaign stop at The Villages:
The Romney-Ryan plan for Medicare "does not affect" benefits for anyone 55 or older.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio ad:
"In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • August 22, 2012
Rob Turner
Rob Turner
stated on August 13, 2012 a campaign mailer:
Says Ronda Storms voted to fund the 'Taj Mahal' courthouse.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 13, 2012
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
stated on August 13, 2012 an attack ad:
Says state Senate candidate Aaron Bean voted to give health care subsidies to illegal immigrants.
False
By Katie Sanders • August 13, 2012
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