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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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