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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
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on September 10, 2013 a mayoral forum:
"Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so they've got a much bigger problem than we do."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2013 a speech to Louisiana Democrats:
In 2012, the state "put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than 10."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit:
"We will have the highest general revenue in state history next year. Conservative pro-growth policies work in our state."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 22, 2013 a YouTube video:
"Congressman Patrick Murphy voted to keep the scandal-ridden IRS in charge of enforcing Obamacare."  
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • August 28, 2013
Rene Garcia
Rene Garcia
stated on August 20, 2013 a Florida Cabinet meeting:
Miami-Dade County is the "No. 1 donor county in the state."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 13, 2013 a radio interview:
Says President Barack Obama could "basically" legalize all immigrants here illegally "by the sign of a pen."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • August 22, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 31, 2013 a Fox News interview:
Under Obamacare, people who "have a doctor they’ve been seeing for the last 15 or 20 years, they won’t be able to keep going to that doctor."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2013 the realrickscott.com website:
Rick Scott "increased tuition at our state colleges and universities by double digits."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 23, 2013 a press release:
Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on July 14, 2013 tweets:
"In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and today’s verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 17, 2013
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch
stated on July 10, 2013 a press release:
"A little-known unit of the Department of Justice, the Community Relations Service, was deployed to Sanford, FL, following the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 12, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 7, 2013 a letter to Gov. Rick Scott:
If Gov. Rick Scott activates "the National Guard in anticipation of a federal disaster, the state’s costs, including the costs to recall any furloughed guardsmen, will be fully reimbursable by FEMA."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • June 18, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on May 28, 2013 a Web ad:
"Two weeks after signing a taxpayer protection pledge, (Charlie Crist) breaks it."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 30, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 20, 2013 2013-14 veto message:
"We are already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2013
Broward Democratic Executive Committee
Broward Democratic Executive Committee
stated on April 11, 2013 a press release:
Broward County was one of three counties in the nation "pivotal to an Obama victory" in 2012.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
Ché Guevara "wrote extensively about the superiority of white Europeans over people of African descent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2013
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on April 5, 2013 a press release:
"Congresswoman Frederica Wilson successfully postpones closure of the North Perry airport tower."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 19, 2013 Americans for Prosperity-Florida rally:
"Almost 1,000 people a day" are moving to Florida "because they are more free here than they are in some other states."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2013
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