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Latest Fact-Checks By Katie Sanders

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Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
stated on August 24, 2012 a campaign commercial
Aaron Bean voted to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 9, 2012
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 6, 2012 a campaign mailer
Says Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed the "Quiñones Plan" because it was "taxation without representation on a large scale."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • August 6, 2012
Sandy Adams
Sandy Adams
stated on August 2, 2012 a campaign mailer
John Mica "voted to borrow $10 trillion."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • August 2, 2012
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on July 23, 2012 a mock debate
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 31, 2012
John Mica
John Mica
stated on July 25, 2012 a mailer
Says Barack Obama "counted on Sandy Adams" to approve stimulus spending.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 25, 2012
Accountability in Government
Accountability in Government
stated on July 20, 2012 a TV ad
Says Jim Frishe wanted to "tax us for doing our taxes" through an accountant.
True
By Katie Sanders • July 20, 2012
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on July 18, 2012 a mailer
Says Jeff Brandes voted to allow state-run Citizens Property Insurance to dump policies onto "out-of-state, unregulated private companies."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 20, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 16, 2012 a chain email
The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 17, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 8, 2012 a newspaper op-ed
The health care law "adds around $800 billion of taxes on the American people. It does not discriminate between rich and poor."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 a Fox News interview
Says the Congressional Budget Office "said if you’re going to buy your own policy with these (health care) exchanges you’ll be paying 10 percent more ... about $2,100 more for a family."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 6, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 29, 2012 a TV interview with Greta Van Susteren
A company with "20 employees" could go "out of business" because of health care law requirements to buy insurance.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders, Tia Mitchell • July 3, 2012
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on June 17, 2012 a statement on Central Florida News 13’s 'Political Connections'
"There’s no wildlife" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • June 21, 2012
Jack Latvala
Jack Latvala
stated on June 1, 2012 a newsletter
"District 22 includes about 80% of the district I have represented since 2010. District 20 includes about 20% of the area I have represented since 2010."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 6, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on May 29, 2012 letter to Gov. Rick Scott
"In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2012
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on May 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says he fought for the repeal of a septic tank inspection program after "Tallahassee pulled a fast one."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 24, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 21, 2012 TV commercial
"Obamacare could cause 20 million people to lose their current coverage."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 21, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 8, 2012 attack ad for TV
"A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 16, 2012 a TV ad.
Obama promised to cut the deficit by half by the end of his first term but he "hasn't even come close."
True
By Katie Sanders • May 17, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 10, 2012 TV interview
Florida has "1,200 golf courses. I think 58 million rounds played a year in Florida. We’ve got 44 percent of all travel golf in the country here. 5 million people come here just for golf."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • May 11, 2012
Freedom PAC
Freedom PAC
stated on April 30, 2012 a Web ad
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "chose to side with President Obama" against the Keystone pipeline
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 9, 2012
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