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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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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
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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
By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2021
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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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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!
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 9, 2021
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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
By Tom Kertscher • August 19, 2021
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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
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 11, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference:
Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2021 a Facebook post:
Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2021 a Facebook post:
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 30, 2021 a tweet:
Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 2, 2021
Erin Marie Olszewski
Erin Marie Olszewski
stated on July 25, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 9, 2021 an interview:
New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse.
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2021
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stated on June 23, 2021 post on Facebook:
Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “just signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida’s public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 25, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 a press conference:
“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on June 9, 2021 an interview with WINK TV:
Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2021
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