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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2020 a Facebook post
"Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida."
False
July 16, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 26, 2020 a press conference
"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''
False
By Amy Sherman • July 3, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 28, 2020 an interview
Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2020
Dane Eagle
Dane Eagle
stated on June 22, 2020 a social media ad
Antifa “are killing our police. Looting our businesses. Assaulting the elderly and burning our churches.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Daniel Funke • June 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 12, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 19, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 3, 2020 a Facebook post
“She’s just casually carrying a body with 1 hand..? Sure.. More evidence of coronavirus being a complete hoax with props & street theater.”
False
June 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2020 a Facebook post
“According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 a headline in a Facebook post
“Beachgoers trash Florida beaches with 13,000 pounds of litter after beaches reopen.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on May 8, 2020 a video
Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 19, 2020 a Facebook post
Photo shows packed beach of re-opened Jacksonville Beach on CNN.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 23, 2020
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 20, 2020 a New York Times op-ed
“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 19, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo taken by a journalist showing a beach in Jacksonville, Fla., isn't from after the government reopened the beach as news reports have claimed.
False
April 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2020 an image
Says a photo shows the "SAME EXACT PEOPLE" at "two different beaches" in Los Angeles County and Jacksonville, Fla.
False
By Daniel Funke • April 20, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 14, 2020 an April 14, 2020 press briefing
“Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 9, 2020 a meeting
"This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2020 a Facebook post
In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 11, 2020 a television ad attacking Joe Biden
Says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years"
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.”
False
March 5, 2020
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