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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014
Progressive Choice Florida
Progressive Choice Florida
stated on March 30, 2014 in a campaign mailer:
Says Charlie Crist "implemented Jeb Bush’s A+ Plan."
True
By Joshua Gillin • April 15, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 10, 2014 in an email :
"In 2006, Charlie Crist opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 1, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Says Charlie Crist supports "cuts to the Medicare Advantage program."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2014 in an email from his campaign:
"Charlie Crist signed into law an automatic 15 percent annual tuition increase that put college further out of reach for many Floridians."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on May 28, 2013 in a Web ad:
"Two weeks after signing a taxpayer protection pledge, (Charlie Crist) breaks it."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 30, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 14, 2012 in a TV interview:
"In the four years before I became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. We've paid it down $2 billion."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 10, 2013
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on December 12, 2012 in a tweet:
Says Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Todd Akin "hold same abortion views. No exception except the life of the mother."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 in a news conference:
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • December 14, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 29, 2012 in an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times:
Says Charlie Crist "was pro-life, pro-gun and vehemently anti-tax."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 28, 2012 in a Tampa Bay Times guest column:
In 2008, Charlie Crist ‘"applauded the pick of Sarah Palin and said she would do ‘a great job.’"
True
By Amy Sherman • September 4, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 24, 2010 in a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”:
Charlie Crist "attacks me for positions he held, like, six months ago, (when) he was running in the Republican primary."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 24, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.:
"The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 8, 2010 in postings on Twitter:
Lindsey Graham endorsed Charlie Crist for U.S. Senate.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • September 8, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 27, 2010 in a campaign website:
"Charlie Crist has six different positions on ObamaCare."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2010
Steven Schale
Steven Schale
stated on August 31, 2010 in a blog post.:
Charlie Crist's "personal approval numbers are plummeting."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 1, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 24, 2010 in his primary victory speech.:
Kendrick Meek claims he's the only candidate who said Sonia Sotomayor "will make an excellent Supreme Court justice."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 25, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 9, 2010 in a press release:
"$120,000 will be spent by taxpayers on Charlie Crist's political photo-op special session."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2010 in Crist campaign website, accessed July 5, 2010:
"Gov. Crist has never wavered in his support of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms."
True
By Cristina Silva • July 14, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 1, 2010 in a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference:
"You know, when this thing first hit, I signed a declaration of emergency for the six counties that were directly affected, impacted in the Panhandle, then I extended that not long thereafter down into Sarasota County."
Mostly True
By Cristina Silva • July 6, 2010
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