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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 30, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Bill Nelson "doesn’t pay payroll taxes for his employees. He doesn’t even provide them with health benefits. It’s stealing money from Medicare and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • August 16, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on August 3, 2018 in a livestreamed interview:
"The teachers in (charter) schools don't even have to be certified."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • August 15, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet:
Says Rick Scott "cut $700 million from water management."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng • August 14, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on July 17, 2018 a TV ad:
"Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 a TV interview:
"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • August 7, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2018 an interview with CBS News:
States "haven't even begun to spend the (election security) money they have now."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on July 18, 2018 a tweet:
"When a sinkhole began dumping toxic water in Florida's aquifer, Rick Scott tried to cover it up."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 1, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on July 24, 2018 a campaign ad from his political committee Florida Grown:
"Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism"
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • July 27, 2018
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on July 23, 2018 a Senate floor speech:
Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 10, 2018 TV ad:
"Every time Trump comes here to play golf, Florida taxpayers are paying for it. ... Jeff Greene will put a stop to that day 1."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 26, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 16, 2018 an interview on Fox News:
Says John Brennan "was a member of the Communist Party during the Cold War."
Mostly False
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 19, 2018
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 13, 2018 a post on Medium:
Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • July 18, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 an ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.
False
By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on June 28, 2018 a Fox News Debate:
Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • June 29, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 28, 2018 a Fox News debate:
Says Adam Putnam "endorsed the Schumer-Obama Gang of Eight immigration amnesty."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 21, 2018 an ad:
Says he "actually wrote the bipartisan law that makes it illegal to drill off Florida’s coast."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on June 7, 2018 an interview with Fox News:
Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 26, 2018
New Republican PAC
New Republican PAC
stated on June 11, 2018 a political ad:
Says Bill Nelson voted for "cuts to Medicare providers" and voted to weaken "Social Security protections" as a U.S. senator.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 15, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on June 20, 2018 a debate:
Under Philip Levine, Miami Beach "passed a resolution to ban assault rifles, which was not enforceable and never enforced. He passed a resolution to raise the minimum wage, which actually no one got the benefit of because it was not enforced."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 9, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 6, 2018 in a press release:
"Flip Flop! After opposing term limits for decades, Adam Putnam adopts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 8, 2018
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