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Latest Fact-Checks By Joshua Gillin

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Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on July 12, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"We're destroying more businesses in the United States now than are being created for the first time in our history."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2015
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on July 8, 2015 a campaign announcement
"More businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nation's history."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2015
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 24, 2015 a speech on the House floor
"Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 7, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 an announcement on his website
Says his release of 33 years of tax returns is "more than any presidential candidate in history."
True
By Joshua Gillin • July 1, 2015
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 25, 2015 a press release
Says Jeb Bush "oversaw (an) average in-state tuition increase of 48.2 percent during his tenure."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush "appointed a guardian for the fetus of a rape survivor."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush "said low-income women should ‘get their life together and find a husband.' "
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando
"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando
"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."
True
By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.
"Florida was the only state during my eight years to go from AA to AAA" in its bond rating.
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 28, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.
Says he was known as "Veto Corleone" for cutting spending as Florida governor.
True
By Joshua Gillin • May 26, 2015
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 a column on Medium
Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 20, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 13, 2015 a response to a question after a town hall meeting
"We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 18, 2015
Debbie Mayfield
Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 a tweet
"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview in Washington, D.C.
"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015
Steve Crisafulli
Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 28, 2015 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times
"If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • April 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board
"I'm running for office with much more experience and qualifications than Barack Obama had when he ran."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 29, 2015
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 16, 2015 an email to constituents
"Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2015
Steve Crisafulli
Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 17, 2015 a radio interview
"Medicaid expansion isn’t necessarily a very popular issue on the street."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 20, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech
"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015
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