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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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For Our Future Florida
For Our Future Florida
stated on April 22, 2018 in a tweet
Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "just signed a bill that could make most of Florida’s beaches private."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • April 26, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on April 18, 2018 a debate
Says the 2015 vote on the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act "was not a vote to deny access to the U.S."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 24, 2018
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 9, 2018 a website
"Out of 860 bills (Sen. Bill Nelson has) introduced in Congress, only 10 have passed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 17, 2018 a tweet
"X marks the spot at every HCA location where (Gov. Rick Scott) probably defrauded taxpayers."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 19, 2018
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
stated on April 9, 2018 a press release
"Rick Scott wants to destroy Social Security by privatizing it."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • April 12, 2018
Free Thought Project
Free Thought Project
stated on April 18, 2018 a headline
"It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process."
False
By Allison Graves • April 4, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 26, 2018 posts on the Internet
Says David Hogg wasn’t at school during the Parkland school shooting.
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • March 27, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 24, 2018 posts on the Internet
Says Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • March 26, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2018 a letter
"For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 23, 2018
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 14, 2018 a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
"Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 16, 2018
Perry Thurston
Perry Thurston
stated on February 26, 2018 a Senate committee meeting
"Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry."
Mostly True
By Romy Ellenbogen • March 8, 2018
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview
Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • March 6, 2018
David Simmons
David Simmons
stated on March 3, 2018 a vote in the Florida senate
"Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2018
Bill Galvano
Bill Galvano
stated on February 26, 2018 a committee meeting
Says Florida has "roughly 1,500 resource officers dealing with about 3,800 schools."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 2, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018
Matt Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
stated on February 21, 2018 an interview on CNN
"A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder."
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2018
Ted Deutch
Ted Deutch
stated on February 21, 2018 a CNN town hall
"Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 23, 2018
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on February 20, 2018 a TV ad
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 23, 2018
Giffords
Giffords
stated on February 20, 2018 a TV ad
"Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 21, 2018 multiple posts and blogs on the Internet
Say David Hogg is a crisis actor. 
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • February 21, 2018
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