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Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
stated on September 12, 2014 in a fundraising email :
Recently Rick Scott "closed 30 women’s health care centers across the state."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 9, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott "thinks employers should be able to deny women coverage for birth control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 11, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 4, 2014 in a campaign document:
"Under Rick Scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott has "teamed up with a felon convicted of running a Ponzi scheme to smear Charlie Crist."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 22, 2014 in a TV ad:
Rick Scott took $200,000 from a family that leased land for drilling "and now he is trying to hide from it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 in TV ad:
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 15, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.
Half-True
By PolitiFact Staff • August 13, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 23, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut "Bright Futures scholarships in half."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 16, 2014 in a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board interview:
Says Rick Scott’s per-pupil education spending is "about $200 less" than what it was under Charlie Crist during the recession.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 18, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 1, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott "cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2014
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 13, 2014 in his campaign website:
"Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2014 in a TV ad:
When Rick Scott "was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 23, 2014 in a tweet:
41,200 veterans in Florida "don’t have health care because Scott didn’t expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 in a post on his campaign website:
Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2014
Annette Taddeo
Annette Taddeo
stated on April 21, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Over 20 percent of the electorate is Hispanic" in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 28, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 31, 2014 in an online video:
"Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 4, 2014
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 18, 2014 in an online video:
Says Rick Scott presided over cuts to the Bright Futures college scholarship program.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 25, 2014 in his campaign website:
"Rick Scott tried to slash school funding by $3.3 billion."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 27, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 25, 2014 in a press release:
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
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