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Latest Fact-Checks By Joshua Gillin

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Brook Hines
Brook Hines
stated on April 6, 2015 an online op-ed column:
Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has "sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2015
Florida News Flash
Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 a website headline:
"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 a Florida House judiciary committee hearing:
"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."
False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on March 26, 2015 a discussion about school uniforms:
A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 a Senate floor speech:
"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on March 10, 2015 a news release:
Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2015
Susan Pitman
Susan Pitman
stated on March 16, 2015 a state Senate committee hearing:
The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 18, 2015
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 4, 2015 an online post:
"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 a CPAC appearance:
Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on February 26, 2015 a speech on the U.S. House floor:
A federal judge said President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is "unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 5, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address:
"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address:
Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 a headline on DownTrend.com:
"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 a radio interview:
ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on January 13, 2015 a report on health care costs:
"Insured Floridians pay about $2,000 for every hospital stay to cover the cost of the uninsured."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • January 28, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 8, 2015 a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.:
"Today, home sales are up nearly 50 percent from where they were in the worst of the crisis."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2015 a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.:
"We’ve doubled the production of clean energy."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 20, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 his book ‘American Dreams’:
A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."
True
By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 6, 2015 his second inaugural address:
"Estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 8, 2015
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