Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

Clear
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on December 4, 2019 a House judiciary committee hearing:
"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.
False
By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 29, 2019 a pre-legislative media forum:
While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians,  "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2019
Joe Gruters
Joe Gruters
stated on November 6, 2019 a Tampa Bay Times forum:
"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 21, 2019 a tweet:
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 12, 2019 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party:
"Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 30, 2019 a tweet:
"$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2019
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 a tweet:
The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian:
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on August 26, 2019 an interview on MSNBC:
Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."
True
By Amy Sherman • September 3, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 10, 2019 an interview on Fox News:
In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2019
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
stated on July 21, 2019 an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede:
Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on July 12, 2019 a tweet:
"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on the National Defense Authorization Act.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 8, 2019 a tweet:
"Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2019 a press release:
The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 a press release:
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 a speech:
Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2019 a tweet:
Democrats "don’t want money" to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 9, 2019
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 a TV ad:
Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner
stated on April 1, 2019 an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News:
Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet:
"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2019
Previous Next